Intel
Core Ultra 5 245K
14-core Arrow Lake — affordable LGA1851 entry.
$179.99
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Our take on the Core Ultra 5 245K
The Core Ultra 5 245K is the affordable door into Intel's LGA1851 platform. Fourteen cores give it real multitasking and productivity chops for the price, and it games well enough for most people. It is the pragmatic Intel pick for a mid-range build that does a bit of everything.
Strengths
- +Affordable entry to a modern Intel platform
- +Capable multi-core performance
- +Good all-round value
Trade-offs
- –Not a gaming-first chip
- –Outpaced by X3D in games
Best for: Affordable mixed-use Intel builds.
Specifications
- Cores/Threads
- 14/14
- P-core Boost
- 5.2 GHz
- L3 Cache
- 24MB
- TDP
- 125W
- Socket
- LGA1851