Apple M5 (8-core GPU) 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 Apple M5 (8-core GPU) (81/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M5 (8-core GPU):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (97 vs 76)
Apple M5 (8-core GPU)
Apple

Apple M5 (8-core GPU)

81/100
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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 Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 97.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 100.0 Excellent WINNER 99.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 3.0 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 4.61 GHz 3.7 GHz
E-Cores 6 16
E-Threads 6 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 3MB (per core)
Multiplier 46x 37x
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Total Cores 10 24
Total Threads 10 24
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L3 Cache — 36MB (shared)
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.4 GHz

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Apple M5 Arrow Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M5 GPU (8-core) Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Released March 3, 2026 March 12, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Model number — 270K+

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 8 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-7200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket Apple M-Socket FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 27 W 125 W
Transistors 28 billions 17.8 billions
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 43.3 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 634.1 PPW 219.2 PPW
Blender / Watt — 4.92 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-05-02->fedwim GeekBench —
📘 2026-07-03(Mahesh Kondraju) GeekBench —
📘 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 Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 128 64
GPU Boost Clock 1620 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M5 GPU (8-core) Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 32 16
Shading Units 1024 512
TMUs 64 32
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
TGP — 14 W

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur — 116 images/sec
Clang compilation — 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression — 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer — 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing — 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing — 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing — 447.5 pages/sec

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site — Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes — 24
PCI Express Version — 5.0

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M5 (8-core GPU) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression — 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math — 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics — 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 96.8M Strings/sec

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