Intel Core Ultra 5 225H vs AMD Ryzen 5 240

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 6 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

8480 points
117% significantly better overall score
3898 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11186 points
128% significantly better gaming score
4888 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7624 points
113% significantly better multitasking score
3569 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7391 points
113% significantly better heavy workload score
3461 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

199.93 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
181.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

14
16% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
4.30 GHz
152% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

22 MiB
266% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

133rd of 1,121
463rd of 1,121

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8400
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 5 225H vs Ryzen 5 240 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 225H performs better than the Ryzen 5 240. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 240 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 240. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225H has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 240. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 240. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 240 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Ryzen 5 240 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 240. The Core Ultra 5 225H also has slightly more 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. For instance, the Core Ultra 5 225H has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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