Intel Core Ultra 7 256V 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 Ultra 7 256V (58/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

58/100
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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 Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 73.0 Good 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 75.0 Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 4 16
E-Threads 4 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 22x 37x
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Total Cores 8 24
Total Threads 8 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 50.8 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 67.7 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 974.9 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 260.1 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 282.1 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 105.2 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 298.1 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Lunar Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number 256V 270K+
Released September 4, 2024 March 12, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-7200
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 115.2 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 256V official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 8 24
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, AI Boost NPU 4, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 4.0, F16C, SHA, VNNI- Performance: EIST, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket FCBGA-2833 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 125 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 184.5 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 14 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 191M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 58.4 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 43.2 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1590 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 2.35 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.7 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 290.1 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 526.3 PPW 547.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Shading Units 1024 512
TGP 30 W 14 W
Execution Units — 64
ROPs — 16
TMUs — 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 256V 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 Ultra 7 256V 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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