Intel Core i5 14500HX vs Core 7 250H

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 2.6 GHz Intel Core i5 14500HX against the 2.5 GHz Core 7 250H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 250H and 14500HX
Advantages of Intel Core i5 14500HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
Advantages of Intel Core 7 250H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.4 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2746 vs 2319 points
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (125th and 127th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2746
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14357
File compression 1140 MB/sec 1220 MB/sec
Clang compilation 112.8 Klines/sec 104.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 314.6 pages/sec 353.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 401.6 Mpixels/sec 408.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.9 pages/sec 246.5 pages/sec
Background blur 55.3 images/sec 54.4 images/sec
Photo processing 117.1 images/sec 133.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.6 Mpixels/sec 22.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 22 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
4109
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
28524
27165
Integer math 95.7 GOps/sec 99.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 69.5 GOps/sec 66.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 130M Primes/sec 104M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.2M Strings/sec 34.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 19.5 GBytes/sec 18.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 333.5 MBytes/sec 307.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1915 Frames/sec 1784 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 20B Matrices/sec 17.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 186 & 11 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 20.3 PPW 24.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 228 PPW 319 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 518.6 PPW 603.7 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.46 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 14500HX
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-03-15 (Taangent)Cinebench 2024112 / 1118
Intel Core 7 250H
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 14500HX and Core 7 250H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 9, 2024 December 18, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Raptor Lake
Model number i5-14500HX 250H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX -
Intel CPU rating (98th and 71st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.6 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 20 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 26x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1964 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (127th and 81st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 256 768
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 24
Execution Units 32 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS
Core 7 250H +200%
2.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-6400
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 14500HX official page Intel Core 7 250H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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