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Intel Core Ultra 7 265U vs AMD Ryzen 9 270

54 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
VS
62 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 270
Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
AMD Ryzen 9 270

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 265U with 12-cores against the 4.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 270 with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 270 and 265U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 270
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • More powerful Radeon 780M integrated graphics: 4.3 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 265U
vs
Ryzen 9 270

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#160th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 265U
10413
Ryzen 9 270 +20%
12516
File compression 991 MB/sec 1016.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78 Klines/sec 102.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 260.8 pages/sec 247.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 300.3 Mpixels/sec 374.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 255.3 pages/sec 269.5 pages/sec
Background blur 46.9 images/sec 60.6 images/sec
Photo processing 89.2 images/sec 110.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.5 Mpixels/sec 22.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 265U
17520
Ryzen 9 270 +65%
28923
Integer math 63.5 GOps/sec 97.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 44.4 GOps/sec 59.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 64M Primes/sec 88M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21M Strings/sec 42.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12 GBytes/sec 20.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 191.7 MBytes/sec 349.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1140 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec 26.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 784 & 189 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 265U
114.52
Ryzen 9 270 +80%
206.12

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 36.5 PPW 18 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 694.2 PPW 231.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1168 PPW 535.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.63 PPW 3.82 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 265U and AMD Ryzen 9 270

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 265U -
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 250 -
Intel CPU rating (#121st place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#52nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 4.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.2 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 14 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 40x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (160th and 82nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2100 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 64 12
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 265U
2.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 270 +95%
4.3 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 780M compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 265U official page AMD Ryzen 9 270 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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