Core Ultra 5 235: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Core Ultra 5 235 provides good benchmark performance at 21.96% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
Intel started Core Ultra 5 235 sales 7 January 2025 at a recommended price of $257. This is an Arrow Lake-S architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 14 cores and 14 threads, and is based on 3 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5000 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCLGA1851 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR5-6400 memory.
Primary details
Core Ultra 5 235 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 251 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 70.01 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Power efficiency | 32.16 | of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme) |
| Architecture codename | Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025) | |
| Release date | 7 January 2025 (less than a year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $257 | of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 14 (Tetradeca-Core) | |
| Performance-cores | 6 | of 60 (Xeon w9-3595X) |
| Efficient-cores | 8 | of 16 (Core Ultra 9 285K) |
| Threads | 14 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 5 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 112 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 3 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 24 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | |
| Die size | 243 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 17,800 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core Ultra 5 235 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H) |
| Socket | FCLGA1851 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 5 235. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| vPro | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| SIPP | + | |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | |
| Supported AI Software Frameworks | OpenVINO™, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT, WebNN |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| Secure Key | + | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core Ultra 5 235's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-6400 | |
| Maximum memory size | 192 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
| ECC memory support | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core Ultra 5 235.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® Graphics | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 2 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core Ultra 5 235's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 4 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core Ultra 5 235's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4K @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 8K @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL) | |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4K @ 60Hz | |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 8K @ 60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core Ultra 5 235's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5.0 and 4.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | of 128 (EPYC 9655P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core Ultra 5 235. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core Ultra 5 235 is Ryzen 7 7700, which is slower by 2% and lower by 7 positions in our ranking.
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