Intel Core i9 13980HX 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 i9 13980HX (71/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i9 13980HX
Intel

Intel Core i9 13980HX

71/100
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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 i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 55.0 Below Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 79.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 16 16
E-Threads 16 16
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 22x 37x
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 8
Total Cores 24 24
Total Threads 32 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 53.3 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 161.1 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 1400 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 432.8 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 469.4 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 136.1 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 36.2 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Codename Raptor Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i9-13980HX 270K+
Released January 3, 2023 March 12, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-5600- DDR4-3200 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i9 13980HX official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 20 24
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX, TVB- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket BGA-1964 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 125 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 572.8 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 34.5 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 33B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 186M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 116.3 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 163.4 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 2510 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 64.7M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 6.96 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 36.6 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 315.2 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 824.3 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2024-06-27(PPLord) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2025-03-18(Rennsport) GeekBench —
📘 2025-12-14(Judicatio) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 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 Intel Core i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 32 64
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 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 i9 13980HX Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

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