Ultra 5 225F vs Ryzen 5 4600U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4600U and Core Ultra 5 225F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	901	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	no data
Power efficiency	53.50	no data
Architecture codename	Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)	Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	January 2025

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4600U and Core Ultra 5 225F basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	10 (Deca-Core)
Threads	12	10
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	4.9 GHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	112 KB (per core)
L2 cache	3 MB	3 MB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	21 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	3 nm
Die size	156 mm2	243 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9800 Million	17,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4600U and Core Ultra 5 225F compatibility with other computer components: 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	1
Socket	FP6	1851
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Core Ultra 5 225F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
TSX	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 4600U and Core Ultra 5 225F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Core Ultra 5 225F are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Core Ultra 5 225F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1500 MHz)

N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4600U and Core Ultra 5 225F.

PCIe version	3.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	20

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	6	10
Threads	12	10
Chip lithography	7 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt

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