Core Ultra 5 235 performance is comparable to the Core i5-14500 in early benchmark — Non-K Arrow Lake chip surfaces with 14 cores and 5 GHz boost clock

Raptor Lake CPU.

Intel's upcoming Core Ultra 5 235 Arrow Lake CPU was benchmarked in Geekbench 6. Discovered by Benchleaks on X, the Ultra 5 SKU pumped out multi-core and single-core results somewhat similar to those of its Core i5-14500 and Core i5-14600 counterparts.

The Core Ultra 5 235 yielded a single-core benchmark of 2,634 points and a multi-core benchmark of 13,293. These results were barely any better (if at all) than Intel's outgoing 14th Generation Core i5 counterparts, the Core i5-14500 and Core i5-14600. According to the Geekbench database, the Core i5-14600 scored 2,545 points and 13,288 points in Geekbech 6's single and multi-core benchmarks, respectively. The Core i5-14600 featured 2,600 points and 13,765 points in the same benchmarks.