Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus with 20-cores against the 2.5 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX with 16-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 9955HX and Plus
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
  • Has 34 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3273 vs 2946 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.3 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 717
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 8163
Cinebench Scores (56th and 15th place)

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)
File compression - 1520 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 222.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 329.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 545.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 341.3 pages/sec
Background blur - 70.4 images/sec
Photo processing - 123 images/sec
Ray tracing - 53.8 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)
Integer math 125.3 GOps/sec 213 GOps/sec
Floating point math 166.5 GOps/sec 137 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 483M Primes/sec 288M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 62.3M Strings/sec 78.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 39.1 GBytes/sec 37.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 507.8 MBytes/sec 734.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 3704 Frames/sec 2722 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 40.7B Matrices/sec 58.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 6 & 680 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 29.3 PPW 27.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 288.2 PPW 259.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 896.5 PPW 750.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 8.22 PPW 7.19 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-21 (Tino)Cinebench 2026717 / 8163
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-26 (Runzliger-Bert)Cinebench 2024128 / 2058
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-08 (Thebakedging)Cinebench 2024134 / 2091

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus and AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 17, 2026 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Fire Range)
Model number 270HX+ 9955HX
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 610M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Intel CPU rating (#22nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 16
P-Threads 8 32
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.3 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 -
E-Threads 12 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 20 16
Total Threads 20 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 25x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 30MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 55-75 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W 101 W
Socket FCBGA-2114 FL1
Peak Temperature 105ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (25th and 16th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1900 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 512 128
TMUs 32 8
ROPs 16 4
Execution Units 64 2
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS
0.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus official page AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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