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Core Ultra 5 245K

Intel desktop processor · Core Ultra Series 2 · launched October 2024

Launch price
$309
≈ $326 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
320
#43 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
14 / 14
24 MB L3 cache
Rated power
125 W
up to 159 W turbo

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core Ultra 5 245K launched at $309 in 2024. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $326 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 6% rise over 2 years. At its launch price that is 104 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2024 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 320 (middle half of runs 310–329) across 74 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #43 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #10 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
LaunchedOctober 2024
Launch price$309 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1851
Cores / threads14 / 14
Base clock4.2 GHz
Boost clock5.2 GHz
L3 cache24 MB
Rated power125 W (base power), up to 159 W
Integrated graphicsIntel Graphics (4 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 144002024$221$233203
Core i5 14400F2024$196$207194
Core i5 14400T2024$221$233—
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—

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