Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus with 18-cores against the 4.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D with 8-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 3 years and 3 months later
- Has 10 more physical cores
- Unlocked multiplier
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-7200 RAM
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 5 nanometers
- 27% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3372 vs 2657 points
- More than 16° C higher critical temperature
- 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- Has 66 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Includes an integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 575 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 4363 |
Cinebench Scores (37th and 124th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 1710 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 111.9 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 331.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 399 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 266.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 65.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 117 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 22.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 123.4 GOps/sec | 103.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 160.2 GOps/sec | 60.9 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 451M Primes/sec | 319M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 67.4M Strings/sec | 46M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 41.4 GBytes/sec | 22.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 555.3 MBytes/sec | 384.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3183 Frames/sec | 3510 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 43.1B Matrices/sec | 29.1B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 14.9 PPW | 9.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 181.2 PPW | 127.7 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 402.3 PPW | 285.6 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.84 PPW | 2.22 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 7 7800X3D
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-30 (Indyee) | Cinebench 2026 | 571 / 4254 |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (mNine) | Cinebench 2024 | 1768 / 17329 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman) | Cinebench 2024 | 112 / 1073 |
| 📘 2026-05-24 (Corey) | Cinebench 2026 | 564 / 4313 |
| 📘 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 1084 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | March 12, 2026 | January 4, 2023 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Zen 4 (Raphael) |
| Model number | 250KF+ | - |
| Integrated GPU | No | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | - Intel Core i7 13700K |
| Successor | - | - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D |
Intel CPU rating (#4th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#47th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.3 GHz | 5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 12 | - |
| E-Threads | 12 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.6 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 18 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 42x | 42x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 30MB (shared) | 96MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Package
| Transistors | 17.8 billions | 11.2 billions |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W | 120 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 159 W | 162 W |
| Socket | FCLGA-1851 | AM5 |
| Peak Temperature | 105°C | 89°C |
Desktop CPU ranking (11th and 68th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | - | Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
| 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 | - DDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | Yes | Yes |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus official page | AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 28 |
Further details
Notes on Ryzen 7 7800X3D:
- ECC requires mobo support.
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