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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs i7 9700K

98 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
VS
41 out of 100
Intel Core i7 9700K
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel Core i7 9700K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus with 24-cores against the 3.6 GHz i7 9700K 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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Value for money (Beta)

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VS
136.0
(Excellent)
Value Index
24.0
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 9700K and Plus
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
  • Newer - released 7 years and 6 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 14 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 16 more physical cores
  • Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 73.6 GB/s (177%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 2.1x faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3750 vs 1817 points
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-7200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
vs
Core i7 9700K

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 595 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9722 -
Cinebench Scores (#4th 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 666.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 297.3 Klines/sec 63.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 635.2 pages/sec 191 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 716 Mpixels/sec 262.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 447.5 pages/sec 182.9 pages/sec
Background blur 116 images/sec 52.6 images/sec
Photo processing 210.5 images/sec 74.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 59 Mpixels/sec 11.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 411 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 41.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 229.2 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 612M Primes/sec 51M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 96.8M Strings/sec 25.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 59 GBytes/sec 4.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 803 MBytes/sec 207.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 4038 Frames/sec 878 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 63.4B Matrices/sec 18.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1837 & 12808 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 5.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.2 PPW 88.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 547.7 PPW 151.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.92 PPW 1.41 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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Intel Core i7 9700K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-22 (Texhex)Cinebench 202475 / 528
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-29 (Bobby)Geekbench 6 CPU1777 / 8438
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-29 (Bobby)Cinebench 202481 / 592
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-17 (chuckie)Cinebench 202480 / 537
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-04 (Brian)Cinebench 202474 / 518
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and i7 9700K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released March 12, 2026 October 8, 2018
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Coffee Lake
Model number 270K+ i7-9700K
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) UHD Graphics 630
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X - AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel CPU rating (#1st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 4.9 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 8
Total Threads 24 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 36x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 17.8 billions -
Fabrication Process 3 nm 14 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 95 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 250 W -
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1151
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (2nd and 144th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics 630
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 512 192
TMUs 32 24
ROPs 16 3
Execution Units 64 24
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 270K Plus +300%
2 TFLOPS
Core i7 9700K
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics 630 compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - DDR4-2666
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 41.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page Intel Core i7 9700K official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 16

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Comments

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