Intel Core Ultra 5 225 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 Ultra 5 225 (64/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core Ultra 5 225
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 5 225

64/100
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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 Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 72.0 Good 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 80.0 Very Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 4 16
E-Threads 4 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 33x 37x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 10 24
Total Threads 10 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 74 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 104.6 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 1260 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 376.8 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 380.3 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 135.2 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.6 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.7 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Arrow Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number 225 270K+
Released December 18, 2024 March 12, 2026
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.37 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 225 official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 24 24
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, Thread Director- Virtualization: VMD, VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 121 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 105°C 105°C
Socket FCLGA-1851 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 65 W 125 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 302.8 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 22.3 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 27.2B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 358M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 92 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 65.3 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 2340 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 36.6M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 2.7 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.6 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 229.4 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 468.6 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-08-11(Rocketsteve) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-08-15(Rocketsteve) Cinebench 2026 —
📘 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 Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 16 64
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1800 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 4 16
Shading Units 128 512
TGP 6-15 W 14 W
TMUs 8 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

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