Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

CPU Description

Release & Generation

• Released January 2025
• Arrow Lake (Intel Core Ultra 5, Series 2 / Arrow Lake-S desktop)
• First-wave Arrow Lake desktop part for FCLGA1851; 65 W locked midrange SKU for Intel 800-series boards

Core Configuration & Speeds

• 6 Performance-cores + 4 Efficiency-cores = 10 cores / 10 threads
• 20 MB shared L3 (Intel Smart Cache) + 22 MB total L2 (42 MB combined)
• Up to 4.9 GHz boost; base frequency ~3.3 GHz
• 65 W base/rated power; up to 121 W max turbo power

Memory Support

• Dual-channel DDR5 officially up to 6400 MT/s; up to 256 GB; no ECC support

Socket

• FCLGA1851; designed for Intel 800-series chipset motherboards

Variants

• Core Ultra 5 225F: Locked multiplier; no integrated graphics (discrete GPU required); includes an on-die AI NPU marketed as "Intel AI Boost".
• No other documented desktop variants (e.g., Core Ultra 5 225) listed as of January 2025