Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus with 18-cores against the 3.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 9600X with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
- Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
- Has 12 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 5 9600X
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon 610M
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 720 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 3701 |
Cinebench Scores (37th and 147th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 1550 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 102.2 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 299.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 375.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 353.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 77.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 123.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 21.6 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 123.4 GOps/sec | 89.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 160.2 GOps/sec | 60.2 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 451M Primes/sec | 233M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 67.4M Strings/sec | 36.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 41.4 GBytes/sec | 16.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 555.3 MBytes/sec | 343.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3183 Frames/sec | 1978 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 43.1B Matrices/sec | 28.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 14.9 PPW | 15.9 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 181.2 PPW | 231.2 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 402.3 PPW | 462.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.84 PPW | 3.36 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-06 (Byrno5263) | Cinebench 2026 | 720 / 3701 |
| 📘 2026-07-08 (JUANCHO) | Cinebench 2026 | 524 / 3801 |
| 📘 2026-04-16 (StarSophia) | Cinebench 2024 | 131 / 909 |
| 📘 2026-02-03 (awolution) | Cinebench 2024 | 137 / 1000 |
| 📘 2026-02-01 (Gandži) | Cinebench 2024 | 134 / 954 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus and AMD Ryzen 5 9600XGeneral
| 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 | 250KF+ | - |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon 610M |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | - Intel Core i5 14600K |
Intel CPU rating (#5th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#33rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.3 GHz | 5.4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 12 | - |
| E-Threads | 12 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.6 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 18 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 42x | 39x |
| 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 | 8.3 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 |
Desktop CPU ranking (11th and 49th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Radeon 610M |
| GPU Base Clock | - | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | - | 2200 MHz |
| Shading Units | - | 128 |
| TMUs | - | 8 |
| ROPs | - | 4 |
| Execution Units | - | 2 |
| TGP | - | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
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 250KF Plus official page | AMD Ryzen 5 9600X official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 28 |
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