AMD Ryzen 5 4500 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 4500 (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 5 4500
AMD

AMD Ryzen 5 4500

38/100
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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 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 55.0 Below Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 46.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 36x 37x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 8
Total Cores 6 24
Total Threads 12 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes 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 AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 37.8 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 59.5 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 586.6 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 146.6 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 206.7 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 57 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.7 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 144.5 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Zen 2 (Renoir) Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Intel Equivalent -Intel Core i5 10500 —
Released April 4, 2022 March 12, 2026
Successor -AMD Ryzen 5 9500F —
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 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-7200
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 115.2 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
PCI Express Lanes 16 24
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, F16C, SHA- Performance: Precision Boost 2, SMT- Virtualization: AMD-V- Security: EVP, SMAP, SMEP —
Official Site — Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 7 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 95°C 105°C
Socket AM4 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 65 W 125 W
Transistors 9.8 billions 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 226.8 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 13.4 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 15.1B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 33M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 29.2 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 49.4 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 715 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 23.8M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 1.93 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.4 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 104.3 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 245.3 PPW 547.7 PPW

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 4500 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

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units — 64
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock — 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics — Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs — 16
Shading Units — 512
TGP — 14 W
TMUs — 32

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