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Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

84 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
VS
76 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus with 18-cores against the 3.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 9700X with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
169.6
(Excellent)
Value Index
83.3
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9700X and Plus
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • More powerful Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-7200 RAM
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (29%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
vs
Ryzen 7 9700X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 575 760
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 7413 4822
Cinebench Scores (39th and 90th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1600 MB/sec 1650 MB/sec
Clang compilation 211.6 Klines/sec 140.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 485.7 pages/sec 323.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 588 Mpixels/sec 501 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 400 pages/sec 351.5 pages/sec
Background blur 95.2 images/sec 88.2 images/sec
Photo processing 170.8 images/sec 127.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 39.7 Mpixels/sec 30.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 4 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 125.4 GOps/sec 119.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 163.3 GOps/sec 78.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 487M Primes/sec 190M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 69.3M Strings/sec 46.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 42.2 GBytes/sec 21.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 570.1 MBytes/sec 434.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3481 Frames/sec 2214 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 44.7B Matrices/sec 35.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 254 & 9483 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 14.8 PPW 20.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 171.2 PPW 269.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 413.9 PPW 568.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.68 PPW 4.63 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 Ultra 5 250K Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-20 (sparehobos)Cinebench 2024150 / 2004
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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-09 (none)Cinebench 2026705 / 4273
📘 2026-07-24 (NDHK)Cinebench 2026712 / 4879
📘 2026-05-28 (Curry)Cinebench 2024137 / 1147
📘 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2026779 / 5648
📘 2026-05-26 (Worldbreaker76)Cinebench 2024136 / 1323
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus and AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released March 12, 2026 June 3, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number 250K+ -
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - Intel Core i7 14700K
Intel CPU rating (#11th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#17th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 42x 38x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 17.8 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 159 W 142 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105°C 95°C
Die Size - 70.6 mm²
Desktop CPU ranking (19th and 34th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 512 128
TMUs 32 8
ROPs 16 4
Execution Units 64 2
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 250K Plus +217%
1.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 9700X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus official page AMD Ryzen 7 9700X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
49 (84.5%)
9 (15.5%)
Total votes: 58

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Comments

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