Intel Core i9 9980HK 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 9980HK (36/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i9 9980HK
Intel

Intel Core i9 9980HK

36/100
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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 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 44.0 Poor 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 45.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s —
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 24x 37x
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 16 8
Total Cores 8 24
Total Threads 16 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes
Base Frequency (E) — 3.2 GHz
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
E-Cores — 16
E-Threads — 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.7 GHz

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4296 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 646 595

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 31.6 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 58.3 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 513.3 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 158.7 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 234.6 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 56.3 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 139.6 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Coffee Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i9-9980HK 270K+
Released April 23, 2019 March 12, 2026
Successor -Intel Core i9 13900HK —
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 41.8 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-2666- LPDDR3-2133 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i9 9980HK official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 16 24
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, HTT, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 14 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket BGA-1440 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 45 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 204.5 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 5.3 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 11.2B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 40M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 30.8 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 52.4 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 823 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 26.3M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 2.89 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.2 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 154.3 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 309.6 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i9 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-05-20(Nico) Cinebench 2026 —
📘 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 9980HK Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 24 64
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1250 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 3 16
Shading Units 192 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 24 32

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