Intel Core i3 N300 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 N300 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i3 N300
Intel

Intel Core i3 N300

31/100
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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 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 60.0 Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 37.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 0.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 8 16
E-Threads 8 16
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 8x 37x
Total Cores 8 24
Total Threads 8 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Base Frequency (P) — 3.7 GHz
P-Cores — 8
P-Threads — 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) — 5.4 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 19.9 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 32.3 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 379.5 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 105.1 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 126 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 36 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 6.44 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 152.9 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Alder Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i3-N300 270K+
Released January 3, 2023 March 12, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
Memory Types - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-4800 - DDR5-7200
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 115.2 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i3 N300 official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 9 24
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: AVX-VNNI, CLMUL, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, SGX, TXT —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 105°C 105°C
Socket BGA-1264 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 7 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 91.8 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 6.3 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 4.7B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 21M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 18.3 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 27.4 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 474 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 11.3M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 43.6 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 627.7 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1142.7 PPW 547.7 PPW
Blender / Watt — 4.92 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 32 64
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 8 16
Shading Units 256 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 16 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i3 N300 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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