Overview
- Intel launched its Gamer Days promotion on Aug. 10, and participating retailers immediately paired the offer with steep, time-limited discounts that cut Core Ultra prices below or back to original MSRPs.
- Amazon listed the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus at roughly $153–$154 — the lowest advertised price since launch — while the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus commonly appeared around $290 and the 250 225F briefly dropped to $99.
- The 250K Plus is a 20-core unlocked K-series Arrow Lake CPU with six performance cores and 12 efficiency cores, up to 5.5 GHz boost, and PL1/PL2 power targets of 125W/250W, delivering strong single- and multi-threaded benchmarks for its price.
- Qualifying purchases during the Aug. 10–Sept. 13 buy window are eligible for Intel's two-game Gamer Days bundle redeemable through Intel's offer site by Oct. 31, adding roughly $120 of claimed game value to select buys.
- These moves are channel-specific and temporary, so buyers should expect rapid price shifts; the discounts could pressure AMD pricing and prompt short-term buying by gamers and creators seeking the best price/performance choice.