Intel Ultra 5 250K Plus CPU Review & Benchmarks: Gaming, Production, & Power Consumption

Sponsor: Montech HS01 Pro on Amazon https://geni.us/UYLeZn and HS02 Pro https://geni.us/ABM9fEB We're benchmarking Intel's new Arrow Lake Refresh Ultra 5 250K Plus CPU, including tests vs. the Intel 245K, AMD 9600X, 9700X, 9800X3D, 5800X3D, and more. Intel's 250K Plus CPU has an MSRP of $200 and release date of March 26th, 2026, with a reconfiguration of the cores and clocks compared to the Intel 245K CPU. Our benchmarks look at gaming performance, production performance in workloads like code compiling (testing the best CPUs for programmers), video editing and rendering, Photoshop, and more. We also briefly test power consumption. The 250K Plus is launching alongside the Intel Ultra 7 270K Plus, which we'll review in a separate video coming up. See also our 9850X3D CPU review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-InE1Nebnj8 Our Crimson Desert benchmarks and simulation time error testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tz4u5oYx_o And our Noctua x Antec Flux Pro case review with fan testing machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeP7VGCH3D4 The best way to support our work is through our store: https://store.gamersnexus.net/ Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] Intel Ultra 5 250K Plus on Amazon: https://geni.us/P0OyU Intel Ultra 7 270K Plus on Amazon: https://geni.us/t9yJxJ AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D on Amazon: https://geni.us/Z7afY AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D on Amazon: https://geni.us/rpdfM Intel 265K on Amazon: https://geni.us/ujsRHc Intel 285K on Amazon: https://geni.us/DDCdyHN AMD 7800X3D on Amazon: https://geni.us/GmPRmAQ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intel Ultra 5 250K Plus Review 04:26 - Current CPU Pricing Trends 05:45 - Intel Ultra 5 250K Plus Specs vs 245K 07:27 - Important Setup for Platform Performance Package 09:43 - Intel Binary Optimization Tool 11:18 - CPU Frequency: All-Core Boost on 250K Plus 12:26 - CPU Frequency: Single-Thread Boost on 250KP 13:14 - Baldur's Gate 3 CPU Comparison in 2026 15:22 - Outer Worlds 2 CPU Benchmarks 16:27 - Outer Worlds 2 1440p Benchmarks 16:48 - Stellaris CPU Benchmark on Intel 250K Plus vs 9600X 18:10 - Kingdom Come Deliverance II AMD vs Intel CPU Tests 19:20 - Kingdom Come Deliverance II 1440p 19:41 - Dragon's Dogma 2 250K Plus vs 285K, 5800X3D, 9800X3D 20:44 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 1080p Medium 21:53 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty 1080p High 23:19 - F1 25 Best Gaming CPUs 2026 24:38 - Starfield Gaming CPU Benchmark 25:37 - 7-Zip Compression CPU Benchmark 27:23 - 7-Zip Decompression CPU Test 28:16 - Blender CPU Rendering Comparison 29:04 - Adobe Photoshop Best CPUs in 2026 30:12 - Chromium Code Compile Benchmark 31:20 - DaVinci Resolve Video Editing CPU Benchmark 33:05 - Power Consumption in All-Core Workload 34:08 - Power Consumption in Gaming 34:52 - Conclusion ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Test Lead Patrick Lathan: Testing Mike Gaglione, Testing, Editing Vitalii Makhnovets: Editing Tim Phetdara: Camera