AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
2073
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
23334
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
132
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
145
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
1322
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
2482
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
4434
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
40068
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
Integer Math116.8 GOps/s174.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math79.5 GOps/s226.9 GOps/s
Prime Number Search426 M primes/s612 M primes/s
Random String Sort48.7 M strings/s95.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption22.2 GB/s58.4 GB/s
Data Compression468.5 MB/s790.6 MB/s
Physics4093 frames/s4259 frames/s
Extended Instructions388 M matrices/s63 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
3315
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
18350
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
File Compression1730 MB/s2000 MB/s
Clang Compilation140.3 KLines/s297.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser356.9 pages/s635.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering509 MP/sec716 MP/sec
Text Processing337 pages/s447.5 pages/s
Background Blur90.4 frames/s116 frames/s
Photo Processing135.2 frames/s210.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing29.1 MP/sec59 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
321.39
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
615.2

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 152.9 PPW 219.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 333.9 PPW 545.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 11 PPW 19.9 PPW
Blender / W 2.68 PPW 4.92 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced October, 31, 2024 March, 12, 2026
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 5 (Granite Ridge) Arrow Lake
Model number n/a 270K+
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 16 8
Frequency 4.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.2 GHz 5.7 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a16
Threadsn/a16
Frequencyn/a3.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.7 GHz
General
Cores count824
Threads count1624
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier47x37x
L1 cache80 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core3000 KB/core
L3 Cache96 MB total36 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 17.8 billion
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 120 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) 162 W 250 W
Socket AM5 FCLGA-1851
Critical temp. 95 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5600 DDR5-7200
Max Size 192 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 115.2 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 24

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus the clear winner in this comparison.

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