Intel Core Ultra 7 256V vs AMD Ryzen 7 250

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 256V against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 250. 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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 250 and 256V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 250
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer - released 5 months later
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.8 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)

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)
11322
File compression 974.9 MB/sec 1060 MB/sec
Clang compilation 67.7 Klines/sec 83.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 260.1 pages/sec 233.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 282.1 Mpixels/sec 316.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 298.1 pages/sec 254.9 pages/sec
Background blur 50.8 images/sec 49.6 images/sec
Photo processing 105.2 images/sec 91 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 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)
25034
Integer math 43.2 GOps/sec 91.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.4 GOps/sec 53.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 191M Primes/sec 72M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 35.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14 GBytes/sec 17.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 184.5 MBytes/sec 300.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1590 Frames/sec 1138 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 21.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 672 & 531 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 250 +144%
212.91

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.7 PPW 27.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 290.1 PPW 377.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 526.3 PPW 834.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.35 PPW 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 256V
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 7 250
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-14 (PRAVEEN PRO)Geekbench 6 CPU2463 / 9185
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-11 (Nidhin)Cinebench 2024101 / 826
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-17 (Sanky)Geekbench 6 CPU2526 / 9803
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Shrifty)Cinebench 2024103 / 774
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-27 (Arkblade)Geekbench 6 CPU2473 / 9614

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 256V and AMD Ryzen 7 250

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 4, 2024 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 256V -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Intel CPU rating (#94th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#57th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 33x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W -
Socket FCBGA-2833 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (119th and 89th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 2700 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs - 48
ROPs - 32
Execution Units - 12
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 256V official page AMD Ryzen 7 250 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 250 or Intel Core Ultra 7 256V?
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ListenBro June 4, 2026 at 03:57 AM
Ryzen 7 250 has more dedicated GPU pairing compared to 256v sad
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