Intel Core Ultra 5 238V 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 238V (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core Ultra 5 238V
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 5 238V

56/100
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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 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 73.0 Good 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 71.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 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 2560K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 21x 37x
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Total Cores 8 24
Total Threads 8 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 47 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 63 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 997.5 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 266.1 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 283.1 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 104.7 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.9 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 293.2 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Lunar Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130V Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number 238V 270K+
Released September 4, 2024 March 12, 2026
Successor -Intel Core Ultra 5 338H —
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-7200
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 115.2 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 238V official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 8 24
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, AI Boost NPU 4, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 4.0, F16C, SHA, VNNI- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket FCBGA-2833 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 125 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.9 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 279.2 PPW 219.2 PPW
Blender / Watt — 4.92 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt — 547.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 130V Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Shading Units 896 512
TGP 30 W 14 W
Execution Units — 64
ROPs — 16
TMUs — 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression — 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption — 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions — 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers — 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math — 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math — 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics — 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting — 96.8M Strings/sec

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 5 238V 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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