Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs Intel Xeon Gold 6230

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 10 core CPU vs Intel 2nd Generation Xeon Scalable 20 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

9336 points
2% slightly better overall score
9125 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12806 points
122% significantly better gaming score
5766 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8189 points
10388 points
26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7901 points
11200 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
20
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

10
40
300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
57% significantly higher clock speed
2.10 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
25% slightly higher turbo speed
3.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
48
100% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

22 MiB
10% slightly more L2 cache
20 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
27.5 MiB
37% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

105th of 1,114
114th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
2nd Generation Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February
2019 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400
DDR4-2933

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core Ultra 5 225 vs Xeon Gold 6230 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 225 beats the Xeon Gold 6230 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6230 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon Gold 6230 has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6230 has 20 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon Gold 6230. Also, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has slightly more L2 cache than the Xeon Gold 6230. Despite this, the Xeon Gold 6230 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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. For instance, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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