Product Compare

Intel Core i5 8259U vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

	CPU Intel Core i5 8259U	CPU Intel Core Ultra 5 225
General Parameters
Release Date	Apr 2018	Dec 2024
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Arrow Lake
Processor Number	i5-8259U	225
Integrated Graphics	Iris Plus Graphics 655	Arc Graphics
Generation		Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake)
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	3 nm
Socket	BGA-1528	FCLGA-1851
Power Consumption	28 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	105 °C
Transistor Count		17.8 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption		121 W
Foundry		TSMC
Die Size		243 mm²
Package		FC-LGA18W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	6
Performance Core Threads	8	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.3 GHz	3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz	4.9 GHz
Total Core Count	4	10
Total Thread Count	8	10
Multiplier	23x	33
L1 Cache	64 K per core	192 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	3 MB per core
L3 Cache	6 MB shared	20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Efficiency Cores		4
Efficiency Core Threads		4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		4.4 GHz
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133	DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size	32 GB	256 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	37.5 GB/s	102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1050 MHz	1800 MHz
Shader Units	384
Texture Units	48
Raster Operation Units	6
Execution Units	48
Power Consumption	15 W
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	24
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1220	2791
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	4337	14010