Intel Core i5 6500 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 i5 6500 (26/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i5 6500
Intel

Intel Core i5 6500

26/100
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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 i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 42.0 Poor 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 37.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 32x 37x
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Total Cores 4 24
Total Threads 4 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Base Frequency (E) — 3.2 GHz
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
E-Cores — 16
E-Threads — 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.7 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 23.4 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 23 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 314.4 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 74.2 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 106.8 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 38.5 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.58 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 124.9 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Skylake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU HD Graphics 530 Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i5-6500 270K+
Released September 1, 2015 March 12, 2026
Successor -Intel Core Ultra 5 235H —
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-2133- DDR3L-1600 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i5 6500 official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 16 24
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit, vPro —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 14 nm 3 nm
Socket LGA-1151 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 65 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Peak Temperature — 105°C
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 76.2 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 1.7 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 6.6B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 27M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 12.4 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 14.6 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 439 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 9.3M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 0.67 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 2.8 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 54.2 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 86.2 PPW 547.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
GPU Boost Clock 1050 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel HD Graphics 530 Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Execution Units — 64
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
ROPs — 16
Shading Units — 512
TGP — 14 W
TMUs — 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 6500 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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