Intel Core i5 7500 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 7500 (27/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i5 7500
Intel

Intel Core i5 7500

27/100
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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 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 42.0 Poor 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 38.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 3.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s —
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 34x 37x
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Total Cores 4 24
Total Threads 4 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.8 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 Intel Core i5 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 23.7 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 24.9 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 339.3 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 92.3 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 120.7 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 43.7 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.33 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 121.4 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 5 1600 -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Codename Kaby Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU HD Graphics 630 Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i5-7500 270K+
Released January 3, 2017 March 12, 2026
Successor -Intel Core Ultra 5 235H —
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 35.76 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-2400- DDR3L-1600 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i5 7500 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 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 14 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket LGA-1151 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 65 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 82.7 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 1.8 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 7B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 28M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 13.3 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 15.8 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 470 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 10.1M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 0.75 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 3.4 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 57.9 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 92.9 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2024-07-28(Dono) 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 Intel Core i5 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 24 64
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1100 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel HD Graphics 630 Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 3 16
Shading Units 192 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 24 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 7500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

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