The iGPU-less 19-TOPS Ultra 5 225F — AI twin of the 230F?

  The 225F and the 230F are both iGPU-less desktop parts at 10 cores/10 threads, AI Boost around 19 TOPS and VNNI INT8; they differ in L3 (20MB on the 225F versus 24MB on the 230F) and clocks (4.9GHz versus 5GHz). The AI foundation is identical — adjacent names in Arrow Lake's no-iGPU tier.

  Buying is pure price comparison: both carry the 'GPU required, AI split between CPU and GPU' positioning with a 19-TOPS NPU for resident light inference only, and the 4MB L3-plus-0.1GHz delta is unmeasurable in daily use. Take the cheaper one and don't pay for extra L3 on the spec sheet.