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

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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
195.8
(Excellent)
Value Index
43.6
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7800X3D and Plus
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 tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 575
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4363
Cinebench Scores (37th and 124th place)

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 - 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
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]774 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
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
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]63 & 26928 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 14.9 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

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-30 (Indyee)Cinebench 2026571 / 4254
📘 2026-06-07 (mNine)Cinebench 20241768 / 17329
📘 2026-06-03 (Ker_Sandwichman)Cinebench 2024112 / 1073
📘 2026-05-24 (Corey)Cinebench 2026564 / 4313
📘 2026-05-18 (CN Merritt)Cinebench 2024109 / 1084

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

General

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

Performance Cores
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
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 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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4 (57.1%)
3 (42.9%)
Total votes: 7

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D or Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus?
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Enthusiast June 5, 2026 at 07:43 PM
need to include gaming tests as well. 7800x3d faster in games because of large L3 cache = less requests to RAM, less data moving from/into RAM, less dependence on RAM. To somehow compensate that, Arrow Lake Refresh requires much faster RAM, from 7400+ mhz
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