Intel Core i5 12500H 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 12500H (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i5 12500H
Intel

Intel Core i5 12500H

49/100
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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 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 51.0 Below Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 62.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 8 16
E-Threads 8 16
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 25x 37x
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 8
Total Cores 12 24
Total Threads 16 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 867.4 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Alder Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i5-12500H 270K+
Released January 4, 2022 March 12, 2026
Successor -Intel Core Ultra 5 235H —
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-5200- LPDDR4x-4267 - DDR5-7200
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 115.2 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i5 12500H official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 24
PCI Express Version 4.0 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 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket BGA-1744 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 125 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 14.5 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 70.7 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1002 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 27.7M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 3.4 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 211.7 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 450 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2024-09-21(uqi) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2024-11-02(Praheg) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2024-12-17(Thien) 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 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 80 64
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 20 16
Shading Units 640 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 40 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 12500H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

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