The China-exclusive Core Ultra 5 230F has slightly better specs than the Core Ultra 5 225/225F, which is why it is able to beat the latter in both synthetic and gaming benchmarks.

Intel's Core Ultra 5 230F Scores 5-6% Higher Single/Multi-Core Points Vs Core Ultra 5 225/225F on PassMark

Earlier this year, Intel launched a China-exclusive Core Ultra 5 230F desktop processor for the mainland, which has slightly better specs out of the box compared to its Core Ultra 5 225/225F variant. The 230F offers the same 10-core/10-thread config as the 225/225F, featuring 6 P-cores and 4-cores. However, there are certain differences vs the latter. The processor was seen in various benchmarks previously, but it's the first time the CPU was benchmarked on PassMark .

As spotted by @x86deadandback ,

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