Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs i7 14700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus with 24-cores against the 3.4 GHz i7 14700K with 20-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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
136.0
(Excellent)
Value Index
68.7
(Good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14700K and Plus
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
  • Newer - released 2 years and 5 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-7200 RAM
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (29%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3750 vs 3012 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14700K
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.4 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) 595 668
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9722 7576
Cinebench Scores (4th and 36th 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 2000 MB/sec 1620 MB/sec
Clang compilation 297.3 Klines/sec 189.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 635.2 pages/sec 483.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 716 Mpixels/sec 547.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 447.5 pages/sec 301.5 pages/sec
Background blur 116 images/sec 76.9 images/sec
Photo processing 210.5 images/sec 169.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 59 Mpixels/sec 43.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1105 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 181.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 229.2 GOps/sec 133.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 612M Primes/sec 210M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 96.8M Strings/sec 74.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 59 GBytes/sec 39.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 803 MBytes/sec 688.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 4038 Frames/sec 2925 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 63.4B Matrices/sec 40.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1837 & 8587 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 14.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.2 PPW 162.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 547.7 PPW 415.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.92 PPW 3.6 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
Intel Core i7 14700K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-02 (Harley)Cinebench 2026668 / 7576
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-10 (Lonewulf32)Cinebench 2024138 / 2162
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-05 (MrCoffee)Cinebench 2024124 / 1873
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (MiMi)Cinebench 2024128 / 1892
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-15 (AdKraemer)Cinebench 2024122 / 1978

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and i7 14700K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released March 12, 2026 October 16, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 270K+ i7-14700K
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X - AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel CPU rating (1st and 16th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 12
E-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (E) 3.2 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.7 GHz 4.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 20
Total Threads 24 28
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 34x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 33MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 17.8 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 250 W 253 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (2nd and 25th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 512 256
TMUs 32 16
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 32
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2 TFLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
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 Intel Core i7 14700K official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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