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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs Ultra 7 265K

98 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
VS
85 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus with 24-cores against the 3.9 GHz Ultra 7 265K with 20-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
100.2
(Excellent)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 265K and Plus
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
  • Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 19% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3750 vs 3157 points
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (12%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
vs
Core Ultra 7 265K

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 and 24th 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 1580 MB/sec
Clang compilation 297.3 Klines/sec 201.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 635.2 pages/sec 475.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 716 Mpixels/sec 615.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 447.5 pages/sec 350.8 pages/sec
Background blur 116 images/sec 76.9 images/sec
Photo processing 210.5 images/sec 167.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 59 Mpixels/sec 42.2 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 143.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 229.2 GOps/sec 189.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 612M Primes/sec 492M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 96.8M Strings/sec 79.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 59 GBytes/sec 48.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 803 MBytes/sec 665.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 4038 Frames/sec 3730 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 63.4B Matrices/sec 54.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1837 & 8205 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 16.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.2 PPW 171 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 547.7 PPW 468.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.92 PPW 3.72 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 Ultra 7 265K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-08 (HongKonger)Cinebench 2024140 / 1994
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-03 (HYUNKYU)Cinebench 2024137 / 1829
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Omi)Cinebench 2024138 / 1993
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-29 (Kolli)Cinebench 2024137 / 2012
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-06 (HJH)Cinebench 2024138 / 2020
Add View all (21)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Ultra 7 265K

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released March 12, 2026 October 11, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Arrow Lake
Model number 270K+ 265K
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 9950X - AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel CPU rating (1st and 8th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 12
E-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (E) 3.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 20
Total Threads 24 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x 39x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 30MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

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

iGPU

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

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page Intel Core Ultra 7 265K official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 24

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 110

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Comments

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