Intel Readies Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus for April 3, Save $15 if You Don’t Need iGPU

Intel earlier this month debuted the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus desktop processors at launch prices of $299 and $199, respectively. At the time, the company hadn’t launched “KF” variants of the two chips, which lack integrated graphics and are priced around $15 less than their regular “K” variants. It turns out, that Intel is planning to launch the Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus, while there’s no sign of a “Core Ultra 7 270KF Plus.” The 250KF Plus is almost identical to the 250K Plus, except it comes with the iGPU disabled—something you don’t need if you plan on using a graphics card.

As with most “KF” SKUs from the past, the Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus will be priced around $15 less than the regular Core Ultra 5 250K Plus. Intel’s own 1,000-unit tray quantity pricing for the chip ranges between $174 and $184. Given how tight memory pricing is, and given that you’ll need an aftermarket cooler, the $15 saving might come in handy. Then of course the integrated graphics is nice to have if your graphics card is bricked due to a burnt power connector, and you need something to light your screen up for troubleshooting or during RMA. The Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus is based on the “Arrow Lake” microarchitecture, and packs a 6P+12E core configuration, with 3 MB of L2 cache per P-core, 4 MB of shared L2 cache for each of the three E-core clusters, and 30 MB of L3 cache shared among the six P-cores and three E-core clusters. The Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus should start selling from April 3, 2026.