Intel Core i5 12500 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 12500 (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i5 12500
Intel

Intel Core i5 12500

53/100
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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 12500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 50.0 Below Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 69.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 30x 37x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 8
Total Cores 6 24
Total Threads 12 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 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 12500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 52.4 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 71.5 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 795 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 237.9 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 263.4 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 91.2 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 16.5 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 242.7 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 5 5500 -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Codename Alder Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i5-12500 270K+
Released January 4, 2022 March 12, 2026
Successor -Intel Core i5 14500 —
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i5 12500 official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 20 24
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 117 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket LGA-1700 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 65 W 125 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 237.3 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 12 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 16B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 72M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 48 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 61.6 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1197 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 23.5M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 2.66 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.3 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 156.4 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 303.3 PPW 547.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 32 64
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 8 16
Shading Units 256 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 16 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500 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 12500 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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