Parts Library / CPU / Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
Brand Intel
Model Intel Core Ultra 5 225F $138–$152 estimated range · from catalog price Nov 13, 2026
Mainstream 10‑core Arrow Lake‑S CPU for LGA1851, launched Jan 7, 2025; DDR5‑6400 and PCIe 5.0; no iGPU—good for 1080p gaming and productivity with a dGPU.
Compute rank Top 35% of CPUs Tier Mainstream ?GixCore tier What a part was built to do — not what it costs. Entry Budget Mainstream High end Enthusiast Flagship A part can be cheap because it is an ageing flagship, or because it is a current entry-level model. The tier tells you which.
Released Jan 2025
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Cores 10
Threads 14
Socket FCLGA1851
Memory DDR5
Base clock 3.30 GHz
Boost clock 4.90 GHz
TDP 65 W
Cache 22 MB
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Product overview Released January 7, 2025, the Core Ultra 5 225F is a Series 2 (Arrow Lake‑S) desktop CPU for socket LGA1851 and Intel 800‑series motherboards. It uses a 10‑core hybrid layout (6P+4E) with 10 threads (no Hyper‑Threading), boosts up to 4.9 GHz from a 3.3 GHz base, carries 20 MB L3 plus 22 MB L2 cache, and has a 65 W base power. It is not discontinued as of August 2026.
Positioned in the mainstream tier, it exists to deliver balanced gaming and productivity value below Ultra 7/9. With DDR5‑6400 support and PCIe 5.0/4.0 lanes from the CPU, it’s a solid fit for 1080p gaming, office/productivity, and budget builds—just pair a discrete GPU since this F‑suffix part lacks integrated graphics.
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Specifications + Add to compare At a glance iDots are a representative catalog sample. Farther right means a higher measured value, not necessarily a better fit. Measured against the CPUs catalog
Cores 10
AMD Athlon 3000G Cores: 2 AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Cores: 4 AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Cores: 4 Intel Core i3-10105 Cores: 4 Intel Core i3-12100 Cores: 4 Intel Core i3-14100F Cores: 4 Intel Core i7-4790K Cores: 4 AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 5 9600 Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-10400F Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-10600K Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-11600 Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-12400 Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-12600 Cores: 6 Intel Core i5-9600K Cores: 6 Intel Core i7-8700K Cores: 6 AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Cores: 8 AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Cores: 8 AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Cores: 8 AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Cores: 8 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X Cores: 8 Intel Core i7-11700F Cores: 8 Intel Core i7-11700KF Cores: 8 Intel Core i7-9700K Cores: 8 Intel Core i9-11900K Cores: 8 Intel Core i5-12600KF Cores: 10 Intel Core i9-10900K Cores: 10 Intel Core i9-9900X Cores: 10 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Cores: 10 This part AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Cores: 12 AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Cores: 12 Intel Core i7-12700K Cores: 12 Intel Core i5-14600K Cores: 14 AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Cores: 16 AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Cores: 16 Intel Core i7-13700 Cores: 16 Intel Core i7-13700K Cores: 16 Intel Core i9-12900K Cores: 16 Intel Core i9-9980XE Cores: 18 Intel Core i7-14700F Cores: 20 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Cores: 24 Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 270K Plus Cores: 24 AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX Cores: 64
2 64
Higher than 69% of CPUs Threads 14
AMD Athlon 3000G Threads: 4 AMD Ryzen 3 3200G Threads: 4 Intel Core i5-9400 Threads: 6 Intel Core i5-9600K Threads: 6 AMD Ryzen 3 3300X Threads: 8 Intel Core i3-10105 Threads: 8 Intel Core i3-12100 Threads: 8 Intel Core i3-13100 Threads: 8 Intel Core i7-9700 Threads: 8 Intel Core i7-9700K Threads: 8 AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 7500 Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Threads: 12 AMD Ryzen 5 8600G Threads: 12 Intel Core i5-10400 Threads: 12 Intel Core i5-10600 Threads: 12 Intel Core i5-11500 Threads: 12 Intel Core i5-11600KF Threads: 12 Intel Core i5-12400F Threads: 12 Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Threads: 14 This part AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Threads: 16 AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Threads: 16 AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Threads: 16 AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Threads: 16 AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Threads: 16 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X Threads: 16 Intel Core i5-14400F Threads: 16 Intel Core i7-11700F Threads: 16 Intel Core i7-11700KF Threads: 16 Intel Core Ultra 5 Processor 250K Plus Threads: 18 Intel Core i5-14500 Threads: 20 Intel Core i5-14600KF Threads: 20 Intel Core i9-10900K Threads: 20 Intel Core i9-9900X Threads: 20 AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Threads: 24 AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Threads: 24 Intel Core i7-13700F Threads: 24 Intel Core i9-12900K Threads: 24 Intel Core i9-12900KS Threads: 24 Intel Core i7-14700F Threads: 28 AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Threads: 32 AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Threads: 32 Intel Core i9-13900KF Threads: 32 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Threads: 48 AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX Threads: 128
4 128
Higher than 47% of CPUs Boost clock 4.9 GHZ
AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Boost clock: 3.4 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Boost clock: 3.6 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Boost clock: 4 GHZ AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X Boost clock: 4 GHZ AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Boost clock: 4.1 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Boost clock: 4.2 GHZ AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Boost clock: 4.2 GHZ Intel Core i3-9100F Boost clock: 4.2 GHZ Intel Core i3-10100 Boost clock: 4.3 GHZ Intel Core i5-10400 Boost clock: 4.3 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Boost clock: 4.4 GHZ AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Boost clock: 4.4 GHZ Intel Core i5-12400 Boost clock: 4.4 GHZ Intel Core i7-4790K Boost clock: 4.4 GHZ AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X Boost clock: 4.5 GHZ Intel Core i9-9980XE Boost clock: 4.5 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Boost clock: 4.6 GHZ AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Boost clock: 4.6 GHZ Intel Core i5-11500 Boost clock: 4.6 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Boost clock: 4.7 GHZ AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Boost clock: 4.7 GHZ Intel Core i5-14400 Boost clock: 4.7 GHZ Intel Core i7-9700 Boost clock: 4.7 GHZ Intel Core i9-10900X Boost clock: 4.7 GHZ Intel Core i5-10600 Boost clock: 4.8 GHZ Intel Core i5-12600 Boost clock: 4.8 GHZ AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Boost clock: 4.9 GHZ Intel Core i5-12600KF Boost clock: 4.9 GHZ Intel Core i7-9700K Boost clock: 4.9 GHZ Intel Core Ultra 5 225F Boost clock: 4.9 GHZ This part AMD Ryzen 5 7500 Boost clock: 5 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 8600G Boost clock: 5 GHZ Intel Core i5-14500 Boost clock: 5 GHZ Intel Core i7-12700K Boost clock: 5 GHZ AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Boost clock: 5.1 GHZ Intel Core i9-12900 Boost clock: 5.1 GHZ AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Boost clock: 5.2 GHZ Intel Core i7-13700F Boost clock: 5.2 GHZ Intel Core i9-12900KF Boost clock: 5.2 GHZ Intel Core i5-14600K Boost clock: 5.3 GHZ Intel Core i9-10900K Boost clock: 5.3 GHZ AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Boost clock: 5.4 GHZ Intel Core i7-14700F Boost clock: 5.4 GHZ Intel Core i9-12900KS Boost clock: 5.5 GHZ Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 270K Plus Boost clock: 5.5 GHZ Intel Core i7-14700K Boost clock: 5.6 GHZ AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Boost clock: 5.7 GHZ Intel Core i9-14900KS Boost clock: 6.2 GHZ
3.4 GHZ 6.2 GHZ
Higher than 62% of CPUs RAM speed 6400 MT/s
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 RAM speed: 4 MT/s Intel Core i3-14100F RAM speed: 4 MT/s Intel Core i7-14700K RAM speed: 4 MT/s Intel Core i5-14600KF RAM speed: 5 MT/s Intel Core i7-14700F RAM speed: 5 MT/s AMD Ryzen 3 3200G RAM speed: 2666 MT/s AMD Ryzen 7 1800X RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i3-10105 RAM speed: 2666 MT/s Intel Core i5-10400 RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i5-10600 RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i5-9400 RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i5-9600KF RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i7-9700 RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i7-9700KF RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Core i9-9900X RAM speed: 2666 MHz Intel Pentium Gold G-6400 RAM speed: 2666 MT/s AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X RAM speed: 2667 MHz AMD Ryzen 5 2600 RAM speed: 2933 MT/s Intel Core i7-10700F RAM speed: 2933 MHz AMD Ryzen 3 3300X RAM speed: 3200 MHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600 RAM speed: 3200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 5 5600X RAM speed: 3200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 7 3800X RAM speed: 3200 MHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D RAM speed: 3200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 9 3900X RAM speed: 3200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 9 5950X RAM speed: 3200 MT/s AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX RAM speed: 3200 MT/s Intel Core i5-11400 RAM speed: 3200 MHz Intel Core i5-11600KF RAM speed: 3200 MT/s Intel Core i5-13600K RAM speed: 3200 MT/s Intel Core i5-14500 RAM speed: 3200 MT/s Intel Core i7-11700KF RAM speed: 3200 MHz Intel Core i9-11900K RAM speed: 3200 MHz Intel Core i3-12100F RAM speed: 4800 MHz Intel Core i5-12600KF RAM speed: 4800 MHz Intel Core i9-12900 RAM speed: 4800 MHz Intel Core i9-12900KS RAM speed: 4800 MHz AMD Ryzen 5 7600 RAM speed: 5200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D RAM speed: 5200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 7 7700 RAM speed: 5200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 9 7900 RAM speed: 5200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D RAM speed: 5200 MT/s AMD Ryzen 5 9600 RAM speed: 5600 MT/s AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D RAM speed: 5600 MT/s AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D RAM speed: 5600 MT/s Intel Core i9-13900KF RAM speed: 5600 MHz Intel Core Ultra 5 225F RAM speed: 6400 MT/s This part Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 Processor 270K Plus RAM speed: 7200 MT/s
4 MT/s 7200 MT/s
Higher than 97% of CPUs
Cores 10
Threads 14
Socket FCLGA1851
Memory DDR5
Base clock 3.3 GHZ
Boost clock 4.9 GHZ
TDP 65 W
Cache 22 MB
Generation 2
Bus Speed 16 GT/s
Max Memory Size 192 GB
ECC Support Yes
Hyper Threading Yes
Turbo Boost Yes
Chipset Intel 800 series
Ram Speed 6400 MT/s 
