AMD Ryzen 5 230 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus (98/100)

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus leads overall with a score of 98/100 compared to AMD Ryzen 5 230 (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 230
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 230

56/100
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[ WINNER ]
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

98/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 80.0 Very Good WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 69.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 35x 37x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 8
Total Cores 6 24
Total Threads 12 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Base Frequency (E) — 3.2 GHz
E-Cores — 16
E-Threads — 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.7 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 46.9 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 66.5 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 864 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 209.1 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 265.5 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 78.2 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.8 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 254.3 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon 760M Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core 5 210H —
Model number 230 270K+
Released January 7, 2025 March 12, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7500- DDR5-5600 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 230 official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 20 24
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA, XDNA2- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket FP8 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 15-30 W (configurable) 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 218.9 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 13.3 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 66M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 39 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 67.3 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 958 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 26.1M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 5.11 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.4 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 340.6 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 647.6 PPW 547.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 8 64
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2600 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 760M Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 16 16
Shading Units 512 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 32 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 230 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-04-07(IdiotStick) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-04-11(Daniel Comeau) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-06-13(sparehobos) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-25(Adnan) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-08-12(coolguy) — Cinebench 2026

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