Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 250

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX with 18-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 250 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 250 and 251HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 14 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2940 vs 2567 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 250
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.1 vs 1.8 TFLOPS

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 Scores (#46th 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)
15277
11322
File compression - 1060 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 83.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 233.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 316.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 254.9 pages/sec
Background blur - 49.6 images/sec
Photo processing - 91 images/sec
Ray tracing - 18.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
46729
25034
Integer math 122 GOps/sec 91.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 152.1 GOps/sec 53.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 440M Primes/sec 72M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 61.6M Strings/sec 35.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.2 GBytes/sec 17.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 512.7 MBytes/sec 300.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2500 Frames/sec 1138 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 39.9B Matrices/sec 21.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 10 & 531 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 32 PPW 27.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 277.8 PPW 377.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 849.6 PPW 834.5 PPW
Blender / Watt - 7.1 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 7 251HX
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 250
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-14 (PRAVEEN PRO)GeekBench2463 / 9185
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-11 (Nidhin)Cinebench 2024101 / 826
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-17 (Sanky)GeekBench2526 / 9803
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Shrifty)Cinebench 2024103 / 774
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-27 (Arkblade)GeekBench2473 / 9614

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX and AMD Ryzen 7 250

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released April 1, 2026 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 251HX -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Intel CPU rating (#27th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#57th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 18 8
Total Threads 18 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 33x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W -
Socket FCBGA-2114 FP8
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (30th and 88th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 64 12
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 250 +128%
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 250 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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