Intel Core i9-10900KF vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Core i9-10900KF vs Core Ultra 5 225 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225 beats the Core i9-10900KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-10900KF has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225. Also, the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900KF. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-10900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.