Intel Core 5 320 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 Intel Core 5 320 (54/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core 5 320
Intel

Intel Core 5 320

54/100
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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 Intel Core 5 320 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 84.0 Very Good WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 72.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 1.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 1.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 4 16
E-Threads 4 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 15x 37x
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 2 8
Total Cores 6 24
Total Threads 6 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 566 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 113 595

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Wildcat Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number 320 270K+
Released April 16, 2026 March 12, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 59.7 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467- DDR5-6400 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core 5 320 official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 6 24
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 2 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 35 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket FCBGA1516 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 10-15 W (configurable) 125 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 144.7 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 10.8 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 110M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 41.8 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 31.7 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1200 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 17.6M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.7 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 537.9 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1007.3 PPW 547.7 PPW
Blender / Watt — 4.92 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 4 64
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 8 16
Shading Units 256 512
TGP 25 W 14 W
TMUs 16 32

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 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

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core 5 320 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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