Intel Core i3 10100F 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 Intel Core i3 10100F (33/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i3 10100F
Intel

Intel Core i3 10100F

33/100
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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 Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 42.0 Poor 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 45.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s —
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 36x 37x
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 8
Total Cores 4 24
Total Threads 8 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.3 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Base Frequency (E) — 3.2 GHz
E-Cores — 16
E-Threads — 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.7 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 27.5 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 30 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 396.6 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 124.3 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 155.8 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 56.9 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.74 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 152.7 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 3 3100 -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Codename Comet Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU No Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i3-10100F 270K+
Released October 10, 2020 March 12, 2026
Successor -Intel Core i3 14100F —
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.6 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-2666 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i3 10100F official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 16 24
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 14 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket LGA-1200 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 65 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 127.4 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 3 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 8.6B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 24M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 17.7 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 28.3 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 553 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 16M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 1.2 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 4.8 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 76.4 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 133.9 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-29(TC) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-06-29->sig_mayukh 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

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 10100F Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units — 64
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock — 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics — Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs — 16
Shading Units — 512
TGP — 14 W
TMUs — 32

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