AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 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 8500G (57/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

57/100
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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 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 68.0 Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 74.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 4 16
E-Threads 8 16
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 2 8
P-Threads 4 8
Total Cores 6 24
Total Threads 12 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 52.9 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 73.2 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 1240 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 236.6 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 278.7 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 99.3 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.5 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 274.6 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Released January 8, 2024 March 12, 2026
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Model number — 270K+

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-7200
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 115.2 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site AMD Ryzen 5 8500G official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 14 24
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-512, BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, NX-Bit, SMAP, SMEP —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 105°C
Socket AM5 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 125 W
Transistors 20.9 billions 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 248.1 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 19B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 84M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 38.9 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 62.6 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1256 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 29.4M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 2.44 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.1 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 170.5 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 329 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-07-23(Dave) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 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

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 4 64
GPU Base Clock 800 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2800 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Radeon 740M Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 8 16
Shading Units 256 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 16 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

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