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Intel's Core Ultra 5 250K Plus is down to its lowest price ever at $154 — get a 20-core midrange CPU with 5.5 GHz boost for an entry-level price
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Intel’s Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, a 20-core midrange CPU, is now available at its lowest price of $154, down from its original $200 launch price.
For engineers and builders, this price drop makes a high-core-count CPU accessible at an entry-level cost, potentially shifting budget allocations in midrange systems. The chip’s performance in multithreaded workloads may justify its adoption over similarly priced alternatives, though its gaming performance lags slightly behind AMD’s offerings. The lack of a locked variant means overclocking is the only tuning option, which may not be necessary given the price point.
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The Core Ultra 5 250K Plus offers 20 cores (6 P-cores, 12 E-cores) and a 5.5 GHz boost clock at a $154 price point, down from $220 MSRP.
It outperforms AMD’s Ryzen 7 9700X in multithreaded tasks by 33% despite costing half as much, though gaming performance trails slightly.
The CPU is unlocked and requires a Z-series chipset for overclocking, but many optimizations are already baked into the chip.
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