Intel Core i5 13600 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 13600 (62/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i5 13600
Intel

Intel Core i5 13600

62/100
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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 13600 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 55.0 Below Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 72.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 13600 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 2.7 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 24MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 27x 37x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 8
Total Cores 14 24
Total Threads 20 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 13600 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 61.6 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 114.2 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 1090 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 346.4 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 415.8 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 125.2 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 26.6 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 264.4 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 13600 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 5 7600 -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Codename Raptor Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i5-13600 270K+
Released January 3, 2023 March 12, 2026
Successor -Intel Core i5 14600 —
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 13600 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- DDR4-3200 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 13600 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i5 13600 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 13600 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 154 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 13600 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 377 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 21.8 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 22.6B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 107M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 81.7 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 110.9 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1743 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 41.2M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 13600 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 4.49 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.2 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 210.6 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 481.8 PPW 547.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i5 13600 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 32 64
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 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 13600 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 13600 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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