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Core Ultra 5 235

Intel desktop processor · Core Ultra Series 2 · launched January 2025

Launch price
$247
≈ $254 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
307
#45 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
14 / 14
24 MB L3 cache
Rated power
65 W
up to 121 W turbo

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core Ultra 5 235 launched at $247 in 2025. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $254 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 3% rise over 1 year. At its launch price that is 124 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2025 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 307 (middle half of runs 293–321) across 12 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #45 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #11 of 12 in the Core Ultra Series 2.

This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.

Specifications

VendorIntel
SeriesCore Ultra Series 2
LaunchedJanuary 2025
Launch price$247 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1851
Cores / threads14 / 14
Base clock3.4 GHz
Boost clock5 GHz
L3 cache24 MB
Rated power65 W (base power), up to 121 W
Integrated graphicsIntel Graphics (3 Xe-cores)
Tier5-series

The Intel 5-series over time

Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Core i5 14490F2024———
Core i5 145002024$232$245244
Core i5 14500T2024$232$245—
Core i5 146002024$255$269—
Core i5 14600T2024$255$269—
Core Ultra 5 245K2024$309$326320
Core Ultra 5 245KF2024$294$310322
Core Ultra 5 2252025$236$243—
Core Ultra 5 225F2025$221$227213
Core Ultra 5 225T2025$236$243—
Core Ultra 5 2352025$247$254307
Core Ultra 5 235T2025$247$254—
Core Ultra 5 2452025$270$277—
Core Ultra 5 245T2025$270$277—
Core Ultra 5 250K Plus2026$219$219430
Core Ultra 5 250KF Plus2026$204$204—

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