--- title: Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Provides Exceptional Value... description: A Linux performance review of the Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, an Arrow Lake Refresh desktop CPU priced at $219 USD. The processor features 18 cores (6... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-core-ultra-5-250k-plus-provides-exceptional-value-for-linux-users-xpvj3pqzn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Provides Exceptional Value For Linux Users | daily.dev og:description: A Linux performance review of the Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, an Arrow Lake Refresh desktop CPU priced at $219 USD. The processor features 18 cores (6... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/intel-core-ultra-5-250k-plus-provides-exceptional-value-for-linux-users-xpvj3pqzn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xPVJ3PQZn.png og:image:alt: Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Provides Exceptional Value For Linux Users og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Provides Exceptional Value For Linux Users **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A Linux performance review of the Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, an Arrow Lake Refresh desktop CPU priced at $219 USD. The processor features 18 cores (6 P-cores + 12 E-cores), up to 5.3GHz boost, 30MB L2 cache, and DDR5-7200 support. Testing was conducted on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with over 300 benchmarks covering raw performance, performance-per-watt, and performance-per-dollar metrics. The chip is compared against a wide range of Intel and AMD processors including Ryzen 9000 series variants. The conclusion is that it offers strong value for Linux users at just above $200. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ambi\_dex** · 0 upvotes > hmmh, this seems very interesting. I was not familiar with Intel silicon and there p-cores and e-cores. Did a little bit of research and I am impressed with what I read. This bad boy seems quite promising with its 6 E-cores that will get hyperthreaded and then the 12 P-cores are the quick, easy task doers- daemons and other bg stuff I am assuming.. Thats 24 cores that our OS will pick up if my math is correct, lol... Very cool, indeed. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Performance In 340\+ Linux Benchmarks Review](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-core-ultra-7-270k-plus-performance-in-340-linux-benchmarks-review-bmkf4sgfp) · Phoronix · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus proves you don't need to spend big on a CPU in 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/the-intel-core-ultra-7-270k-plus-proves-you-don-t-need-to-spend-big-on-a-cpu-in-2026-90cclim2w) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intel Core Ultra 7 255H Linux CPU Performance Review](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-core-ultra-7-255h-linux-cpu-performance-review-sb8tpu9tr) · Phoronix · 27 upvotes · 0 comments - [Intel Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" Linux Performance Up ~9% One Year Later At ~85% Power Use](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-arrow-lake-linux-performance-up-9-one-year-later-at-85-power-use-sfv3uln2b) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#ubuntu](https://daily.dev/tags/ubuntu), [#intel](https://daily.dev/tags/intel), [#amd](https://daily.dev/tags/amd) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/intel-core-ultra-5-250k-plus-provides-exceptional-value-for-linux-users-xpvj3pqzn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus Provides Exceptional Value For Linux Users","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-core-ultra-5-250k-plus-provides-exceptional-value-for-linux-users-xpvj3pqzn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/intel-core-ultra-5-250k-plus-provides-exceptional-value-for-linux-users-xpvj3pqzn"},"datePublished":"2026-04-27T15:18:03.747Z","dateModified":"2026-04-27T15:20:48.550Z","description":"A Linux performance review of the Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, an Arrow Lake Refresh desktop CPU priced at $219 USD. 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I was not familiar with Intel silicon and there p-cores and e-cores. Did a little bit of research and I am impressed with what I read. This bad boy seems quite promising with its 6 E-cores that will get hyperthreaded and then the 12 P-cores are the quick, easy task doers- daemons and other bg stuff I am assuming… Thats 24 cores that our OS will pick up if my math is correct, lol… Very cool, indeed.","datePublished":"2026-04-28T07:00:38.582Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/xPVJ3PQZn#c-ibKhs6zGi","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Kyle Bennett","url":"https://daily.dev/ambi_dex","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--sP1o1RE5--/f_auto/v1768771972/avatars/avatar_s964t6Sv9gCgRujNRxmzq?_a=BAMAMiiu0"}}]} ```