The short version up front is that Intel’s new 250K Plus CPU finally brings Intel back to parity with its 14th Gen, undoing a lot of the regression we saw with the 200 series launch. In some situations, it even bests the 285K (read our review) by a couple FPS, although enabling 200S Boost can sometimes equalize them again.
Most of the time, we see the 250K Plus around the level of the 14600K and 285K. It trails the 9800X3D (read our review) predictably and significantly, but it also costs a lot less and so isn’t a direct comparison.
We’re seeing large gains over the 9600X, like 24% when we tested The Outer Worlds 2 at 1080p, and significantly better performance than Intel’s own preceding 245K (read our review) in…