Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus vs i7 14700KF

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus with 18-cores against the 3.4 GHz i7 14700KF with 20-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
76.0
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14700KF and Plus
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus
  • Newer - released 2 years and 6 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-7200 RAM
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (29%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3372 vs 3040 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14700KF
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

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) - 672
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 7147
Cinebench Scores (37th and 43rd 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 - 1610 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 191.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 537.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 591.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 301.2 pages/sec
Background blur - 80.3 images/sec
Photo processing - 180.7 images/sec
Ray tracing - 45.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 992 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 182.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 160.2 GOps/sec 133.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 451M Primes/sec 207M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 67.4M Strings/sec 74.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 41.4 GBytes/sec 39.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 555.3 MBytes/sec 689.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 3183 Frames/sec 2880 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 43.1B Matrices/sec 40.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 63 & 6401 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 14.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 181.2 PPW 170.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 402.3 PPW 415.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.84 PPW 3.54 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
Intel Core i7 14700KF
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-04 (AlBaby)Cinebench 2026672 / 7147
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-24 (aby3er)Cinebench 2024119 / 1975
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-23 (Alextron)Cinebench 2024127 / 1914
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-28 (ATARI5200)Cinebench 2024127 / 1888
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-05-20 (SirHipokryt)Cinebench 2024129 / 2024

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus and i7 14700KF

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released March 12, 2026 October 16, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 250KF+ i7-14700KF
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
Intel CPU rating (4th and 15th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 12
E-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 18 20
Total Threads 18 28
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 42x 34x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 33MB (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 253 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 100ยฐC
Desktop CPU ranking (11th and 24th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
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 Intel Core i7 14700KF official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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