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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

98 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
VS
92 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus with 24-cores against the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 9950X with 16-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
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Value for money (Beta)

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VS
136.0
(Excellent)
Value Index
53.8
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9950X and Plus
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • Has 8 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
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3750 vs 3418 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
  • Has 28 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.7 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 9950X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 595 724
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9722 7630
Cinebench Scores (4th and 10th 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 1710 MB/sec
Clang compilation 297.3 Klines/sec 226 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 635.2 pages/sec 391.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 716 Mpixels/sec 586.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 447.5 pages/sec 351.6 pages/sec
Background blur 116 images/sec 84.3 images/sec
Photo processing 210.5 images/sec 144.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 59 Mpixels/sec 55.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1 samples

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 241.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 229.2 GOps/sec 158.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 612M Primes/sec 343M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 96.8M Strings/sec 93.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 59 GBytes/sec 44.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 803 MBytes/sec 891.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 4038 Frames/sec 3254 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 63.4B Matrices/sec 71.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1837 & 6583 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 13.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.2 PPW 128 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 547.7 PPW 386.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.92 PPW 3.52 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 9950X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (greenmonalisa)Cinebench 2024136 / 2307
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (Malanore)Cinebench 2026724 / 7630
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-20 -> TukiGeekbench 6 CPU3607 / 23374
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-07 (jimmygeneris)Cinebench 2024136 / 2114
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Capt Jack Swallows)Cinebench 2024136 / 2162
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

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+ 9950X
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 16
P-Threads 8 32
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.7 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 16
Total Threads 24 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 43x
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 170 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 250 W 230 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 AM5
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (2nd and 6th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Radeon Graphics
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 512 -
TMUs 32 -
ROPs 16 -
Execution Units 64 -
TGP 14 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) benchmarks

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 9950X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 28

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Comments

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