Intel Core i9-13900K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

16294 points
92% significantly better overall score
8480 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15822 points
41% slightly better gaming score
11186 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16535 points
116% significantly better multitasking score
7624 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16792 points
127% significantly better heavy workload score
7391 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

522.08 points
161% significantly higher Blender score
199.93 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19967 points
68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11870 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2985 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2425 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
71% significantly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
128% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
76% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB
45% significantly more L2 cache
22 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

13th of 1,126
133rd of 1,126

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 October
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i9-13900K vs Core Ultra 5 225H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13900K is faster than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 225H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900K has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has 24 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225H. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-13900K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Core i9-13900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-13900K has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. The Core i9-13900K also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-13900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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