AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus (98/100)

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus leads overall with a score of 98/100 compared to AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme (64/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
AMD

AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme

64/100
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[ WINNER ]
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

98/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 81.0 Very Good WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 75.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 2.0 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 5 16
E-Threads 10 16
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 20x 37x
P-Cores 3 8
P-Threads 6 8
Total Cores 8 24
Total Threads 16 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 51.9 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 77.2 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 1100 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 343.4 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 121.5 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 278.8 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Zen 5 (Strix Point) Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Radeon 890M Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Released June 9, 2025 March 12, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Amd Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Model number — 270K+

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- LPDDR5X-8000 - DDR5-7200
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 115.2 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 16 24
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 4 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket FP8 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 15-35 W (configurable) 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 279.3 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 19.9B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 84M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 50.5 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 81.5 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1344 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 30.2M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 5.66 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.6 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 338.7 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 679 PPW 547.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 16 64
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics AMD Radeon 890M Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 32 16
Shading Units 1024 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 64 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date — Benchmark
📘 2026-04-07(IdiotStick) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-04-11(Daniel Comeau) — Cinebench 2026
📘 2026-06-13(sparehobos) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-25(Adnan) — Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-08-12(coolguy) — Cinebench 2026

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