Apple M1 Max 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 Apple M1 Max (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple M1 Max
Apple

Apple M1 Max

61/100
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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 Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 69.0 Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 70.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
E-Cores 2 16
E-Threads 2 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 24MB (shared) 3MB (per core)
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 8
Total Cores 10 24
Total Threads 10 24
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L3 Cache — 36MB (shared)
Multiplier — 37x
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.4 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 42.2 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 105.1 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 1450 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 329.2 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 317 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 122.8 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 249.6 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Apple M1 Arrow Lake
Instruction Set ARMv8 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Released October 18, 2021 March 12, 2026
Successor -Apple M5 Max (40-core GPU) —
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Model number — 270K+

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 409.6 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5-6400 - DDR5-7200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 5 nm 3 nm
Socket Apple M-Socket FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 50 W 125 W
Transistors 57 billions 17.8 billions
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Peak Temperature — 105°C

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 274.4 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 278M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 64.5 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 46.1 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 2833 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 3.98 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.8 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 253.5 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 443.2 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-07-04(Daniel) GeekBench —
📘 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

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 512 64
GPU Base Clock 450 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1296 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple M1 Max GPU (32-core) Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 128 16
Shading Units 4096 512
TMUs 256 32
TGP — 14 W

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 Max Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site — Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes — 24
PCI Express Version — 5.0

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