Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)

[ 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 X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) (91/100), 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 X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)

91/100
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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 X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Efficiency 76.0 Good 90.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 99.0 Excellent 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Base Frequency (E) 3.2 GHz —
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz 3.6 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 16 —
E-Threads 16 —
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 288K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 16MB (shared)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 9MB (shared)
Multiplier 37x 36x
P-Cores 8 18
P-Threads 8 18
Total Cores 24 18
Total Threads 24 18
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.7 GHz —
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 9722 —
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 595 —

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Background blur 116 images/sec 82.4 images/sec
Clang compilation 297.3 Klines/sec 224.4 Klines/sec
File compression 2000 MB/sec 2070 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 635.2 pages/sec 599.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 716 Mpixels/sec 668.6 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 210.5 images/sec 210.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 59 Mpixels/sec 38.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 447.5 pages/sec 328 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X —
Codename Arrow Lake Snapdragon X
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv9
Integrated GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Adreno X2-90
Model number 270K+ X2E-96-100
Released March 12, 2026 September 25, 2025
Type Desktop Laptop
Vendor Intel Qualcomm
Apple Equivalent — -Apple M5 Pro (18-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
ECC Support Yes No
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s 228 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 6
Memory Types - DDR5-7200 - LPDDR5X-9523

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100) official page
PCI Express Lanes 24 12
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 250 W —
Peak Temperature 105°C —
Socket FCLGA-1851 Custom
TDP (PL1) 125 W 96 W
Transistors 17.8 billions —

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Data compression 803 MBytes/sec 381 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 59 GBytes/sec 26.6 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 63.4B Matrices/sec 20B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 612M Primes/sec 357M Primes/sec
Floating point math 229.2 GOps/sec 138.8 GOps/sec
Integer math 175.8 GOps/sec 112.4 GOps/sec
Physics 4038 Frames/sec 2130 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 96.8M Strings/sec 58.1M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Blender / Watt 4.92 PPW —
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 19.9 PPW 20.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 219.2 PPW 240.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 547.7 PPW 385.8 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
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 X2 Elite Extreme (X2E-96-100)
Execution Units 64 12
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1850 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores) Adreno X2-90
ROPs 16 64
Shading Units 512 2048
TGP 14 W —
TMUs 32 128

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