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Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus vs i5 10600KF

86 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
VS
40 out of 100
Intel Core i5 10600KF
Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
Intel Core i5 10600KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus with 18-cores against the 4.1 GHz i5 10600KF with 6-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
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195.8
(Excellent)
Value Index
23.8
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 10600KF and Plus
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
  • Newer - released 5 years and 11 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 14 nanometers
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Around 73.6 GB/s (177%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 18 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-7200 RAM
  • 92% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3372 vs 1758 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
vs
Core i5 10600KF

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#37th 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 - 558.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 55.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 160.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 208.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 174.9 pages/sec
Background blur - 38.5 images/sec
Photo processing - 60.5 images/sec
Ray tracing - 11.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 555 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 47.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 160.2 GOps/sec 29.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 451M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 67.4M Strings/sec 26.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 41.4 GBytes/sec 4.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 555.3 MBytes/sec 211.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 3183 Frames/sec 800 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 43.1B Matrices/sec 14.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 63 & 1111 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 4.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 181.2 PPW 57.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 402.3 PPW 113 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.84 PPW 1.04 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus and i5 10600KF

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released March 12, 2026 May 1, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Comet Lake
Model number 250KF+ i5-10600KF
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X -
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
Intel CPU rating (#5th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 4.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 4.8 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 6
Total Threads 18 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 42x 41x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 17.8 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 159 W -
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1200
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (11th and 146th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus official page Intel Core i5 10600KF official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 16

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Comments

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