Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)

[ 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) (56/100), 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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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)

56/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Efficiency 76.0 Good 90.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 67.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Base Frequency (E) 3.2 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.2 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz —
E-Cores 16 —
E-Threads 16 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 288K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 12MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Multiplier 37x 32x
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 8
Total Cores 24 8
Total Threads 24 8
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.7 GHz —
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9722 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 595 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Background blur 116 images/sec 51.3 images/sec
Clang compilation 297.3 Klines/sec 92.2 Klines/sec
File compression 2000 MB/sec 1000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 635.2 pages/sec 270.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 716 Mpixels/sec 297 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 210.5 images/sec 111.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 59 Mpixels/sec 13.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 447.5 pages/sec 225.8 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X —
Codename Arrow Lake Snapdragon X
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
Model number 270K+ X1P-42-100
Released March 12, 2026 September 4, 2024
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Intel Qualcomm
Apple Equivalent — -Apple M2

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 135 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - LPDDR5X-8448

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100) official page
PCI Express Lanes 24 12
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 250 W 35 W
Peak Temperature 105°C —
Socket FCLGA-1851 Custom
TDP (PL1) 125 W 30 W
Transistors 17.8 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Data compression 803 MBytes/sec 180.1 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 59 GBytes/sec 10.5 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 63.4B Matrices/sec 11.9B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 612M Primes/sec 205M Primes/sec
Floating point math 229.2 GOps/sec 62 GOps/sec
Integer math 175.8 GOps/sec 40.8 GOps/sec
Physics 4038 Frames/sec 1384 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 96.8M Strings/sec 24.9M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Blender / Watt 4.92 PPW 5.93 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 19.9 PPW 23.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.2 PPW 376.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 547.7 PPW 597.1 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
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 Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus (X1P-42-100)
Execution Units 64 3
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 280 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1107 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Qualcomm Adreno X1-45
ROPs 16 24
Shading Units 512 768
TGP 14 W —
TMUs 32 48

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