Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus vs i5 12600KF
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We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus with 18-cores against the 3.7 GHz i5 12600KF with 10-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 4 years and 5 months later
- More modern manufacturing process โ 3 versus 10 nanometers
- Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-7200 RAM
- Has 8 more physical cores
- Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
- Around 38.4 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- 30% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3372 vs 2598 points
- 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (37th and 166th place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | - | 1020 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | - | 97.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 304.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 396.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | - | 263.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | - | 57.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 118.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 22.3 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 123.4 GOps/sec | 87.8 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 160.2 GOps/sec | 67 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 451M Primes/sec | 90M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 67.4M Strings/sec | 35.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 41.4 GBytes/sec | 18.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 555.3 MBytes/sec | 342.1 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 3183 Frames/sec | 1544 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 43.1B Matrices/sec | 22B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 14.9 PPW | 7.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 181.2 PPW | 103.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 402.3 PPW | 220.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.84 PPW | 1.8 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
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Intel Core i5 12600KF
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-11-06 (Bughunter47) | Cinebench 2024 | 109 / 833 |
| ๐ 2025-11-01 (desbiensl) | Cinebench 2024 | 108 / 951 |
| ๐ 2025-03-04 (Sylph) | Cinebench 2024 | 98 / 674 |
| ๐ 2025-01-15 (Fei Mian) | Cinebench 2024 | 112 / 994 |
| ๐ 2025-01-12 (Isdato) | Cinebench 2024 | 107 / 933 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus and i5 12600KFGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | March 12, 2026 | October 27, 2021 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Alder Lake |
| Model number | 250KF+ | i5-12600KF |
| Integrated GPU | No | No |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X | - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X |
| Successor | - | - Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus |
Intel CPU rating (5th and 93rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 4.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.3 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| E-Cores | 12 | 4 |
| E-Threads | 12 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.6 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Total Cores | 18 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 18 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 42x | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 192K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 3MB (per core) | 9728K (shared) |
| L3 Cache | 30MB (shared) | 20MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Package
| Transistors | 17.8 billions | - |
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W | 125 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 159 W | 150 W |
| Socket | FCLGA-1851 | LGA-1700 |
| Peak Temperature | 105ยฐC | 100ยฐC |
Desktop CPU ranking (11th and 82nd place)
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-7200 | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 115.2 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus official page | Intel Core i5 12600KF official page |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 24 | 20 |
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