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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

98 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
VS
85 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus with 24-cores against the 4.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9900X with 12-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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
136.0
(Excellent)
Value Index
71.1
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9900X and Plus
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • More powerful Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-7200 RAM
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (29%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3750 vs 3340 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
  • Has 28 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
vs
Ryzen 9 9900X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 595 763
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9722 7580
Cinebench Scores (4th and 42nd 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)
File compression 2000 MB/sec 1510 MB/sec
Clang compilation 297.3 Klines/sec 191.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 635.2 pages/sec 361.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 716 Mpixels/sec 534 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 447.5 pages/sec 350.5 pages/sec
Background blur 116 images/sec 82.7 images/sec
Photo processing 210.5 images/sec 118.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 59 Mpixels/sec 45.5 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 175.8 GOps/sec 180.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 229.2 GOps/sec 119.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 612M Primes/sec 432M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 96.8M Strings/sec 71.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 59 GBytes/sec 33.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 803 MBytes/sec 678.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 4038 Frames/sec 3330 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 63.4B Matrices/sec 54.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1837 & 6489 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 19.9 PPW 15.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.2 PPW 162.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 547.7 PPW 452.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.92 PPW 3.79 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 270K Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (coolguy)Cinebench 20260 / 8872
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Adnan)Cinebench 2024144 / 2490
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-13 (sparehobos)Cinebench 2024147 / 2614
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-11 (Daniel Comeau)Cinebench 2026568 / 8929
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (IdiotStick)Cinebench 2026595 / 9722
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-20 (Alenaes)Cinebench 2026773 / 7971
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Alenaes)Cinebench 2024139 / 1841
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Alenaes)Cinebench 2026763 / 7580
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-01 (PLL)Cinebench 2024137 / 1853
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (freziontechno)Cinebench 2026759 / 7584
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released March 12, 2026 June 3, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Model number 270K+ -
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon Graphics
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X - Intel Core i9 14900K
Intel CPU rating (#1st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 12
P-Threads 8 24
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 -
E-Threads 16 -
Base Frequency (E) 3.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 24 12
Total Threads 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 44x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 17.8 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 120 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 250 W 162 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (2nd and 15th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon Graphics
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 512 128
TMUs 32 8
ROPs 16 4
Execution Units 64 2
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 270K Plus +233%
2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 9900X
0.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon Graphics iGPU (Ryzen 7000) compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page AMD Ryzen 9 9900X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Comments

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