Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

[ 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 9 285K (91/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 70.0 Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 93.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Base Frequency (E) 3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 16 16
E-Threads 16 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 37x 37x
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 8
Total Cores 24 24
Total Threads 24 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.5 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 595

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Background blur 116 images/sec 95.4 images/sec
Clang compilation 297.3 Klines/sec 242.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2000 MB/sec 1560 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 635.2 pages/sec 479.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 716 Mpixels/sec 622.1 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 210.5 images/sec 164.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 59 Mpixels/sec 52.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 447.5 pages/sec 371.2 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Codename Arrow Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number 270K+ 285K
Released March 12, 2026 October 11, 2024
Type Desktop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
ECC Support Yes Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - DDR5-6400

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page Intel Core Ultra 9 285K official page
PCI Express Lanes 24 24
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, AI Boost 3.0, AVX-VNNI, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA- Performance: CFET, EIST, TBMT 3.0, TBT 2.0, TVB, Thread Director- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-rp, VT-x- Security: MBEC, RDRAND, SIPP, TDT, TXT, XD bit, vPro

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 250 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 105°C 105°C
Socket FCLGA-1851 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 125 W 125 W
Transistors 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Data compression 803 MBytes/sec 789.7 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 59 GBytes/sec 57.7 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 63.4B Matrices/sec 62.3B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 612M Primes/sec 542M Primes/sec
Floating point math 229.2 GOps/sec 224.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 175.8 GOps/sec 172.3 GOps/sec
Physics 4038 Frames/sec 3933 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 96.8M Strings/sec 94.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Blender / Watt 4.92 PPW 4.44 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 19.9 PPW 18.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.2 PPW 184.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 547.7 PPW 537.8 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Date Benchmark 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
📘 2025-06-11(Andre) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-07-24(Lupusdeus1) Cinebench 2024
📘 2025-12-26(Bill) GeekBench
📘 2025-12-31(Szymon919191) Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-01-29(GeneralJeep) GeekBench
📘 2026-02-01(aDamatGeek) Cinebench 2024
📘 2026-06-17(Olafur Torfi) Cinebench 2024

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Execution Units 64 64
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 16 16
Shading Units 512 512
TGP 14 W 14 W
TMUs 32 32

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