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

Core i9-10900KF vs Core Ultra 5 225H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225H 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 core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 225H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i9-10900KF that has 10 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-10900KF has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-10900KF has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

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.