Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

[ 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 288V (62/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

98/100
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Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

62/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Efficiency 76.0 Good WINNER 73.0 Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 81.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Base Frequency (E) 3.2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 16 4
E-Threads 16 4
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 2560K (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Multiplier 37x 33x
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 8 4
Total Cores 24 8
Total Threads 24 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.1 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
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 288V
Background blur 116 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Clang compilation 297.3 Klines/sec 69 Klines/sec
File compression 2000 MB/sec 1020 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 635.2 pages/sec 278.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 716 Mpixels/sec 290.7 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 210.5 images/sec 117 images/sec
Ray tracing 59 Mpixels/sec 14.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 447.5 pages/sec 312.1 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X —
Codename Arrow Lake Lunar Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Arc Graphics 140V
Model number 270K+ 288V
Released March 12, 2026 September 4, 2024
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Intel Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s —
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - LPDDR5X-8533

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page Intel Core Ultra 9 288V official page
PCI Express Lanes 24 8
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
Technologies — - Compute: ABM, ADX, AI Boost 4.0, 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 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 250 W 37 W
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Socket FCLGA-1851 FCBGA-2833
TDP (PL1) 125 W 17-37 W (configurable)
Transistors 17.8 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Data compression 803 MBytes/sec 186.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 59 GBytes/sec 14.1 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 63.4B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 612M Primes/sec 194M Primes/sec
Floating point math 229.2 GOps/sec 59.5 GOps/sec
Integer math 175.8 GOps/sec 44 GOps/sec
Physics 4038 Frames/sec 1634 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 96.8M Strings/sec 22.6M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Blender / Watt 4.92 PPW 3.63 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 19.9 PPW 17 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.2 PPW 299.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 547.7 PPW 534.6 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
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 —

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Execution Units 64 —
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 600 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2050 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Intel Arc Graphics 140V
ROPs 16 —
Shading Units 512 1024
TGP 14 W 30 W
TMUs 32 —

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