AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 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 9 5950X
1614
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
26017
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
94
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
145
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
1464
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
2482
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
3469
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
45479
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
Integer Math186.1 GOps/s174.7 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math100.2 GOps/s226.9 GOps/s
Prime Number Search229 M primes/s612 M primes/s
Random String Sort65.3 M strings/s95.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption39.7 GB/s58.4 GB/s
Data Compression625.2 MB/s790.6 MB/s
Physics1884 frames/s4259 frames/s
Extended Instructions405 M matrices/s63 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
2276
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
12728
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
n/a
File Compression1120 MB/s2000 MB/s
Clang Compilation147.1 KLines/s297.3 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser224.5 pages/s635.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering372.1 MP/sec716 MP/sec
Text Processing222.5 pages/s447.5 pages/s
Background Blur28.4 frames/s116 frames/s
Photo Processing85 frames/s210.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing38.4 MP/sec59 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
413.83
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
615.2

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 121.2 PPW 219.2 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 433.1 PPW 545.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 13.9 PPW 19.9 PPW
Blender / W 3.94 PPW 4.92 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced October, 8, 2020 March, 12, 2026
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Vermeer) Arrow Lake
Model number n/a 270K+
Integrated GPU No Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 16 8
Threads 32 8
Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 5.7 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a16
Threadsn/a16
Frequencyn/a3.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a4.7 GHz
General
Cores count1624
Threads count3224
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier34x37x
L1 cache64 KB/core192 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core3000 KB/core
L3 Cache64 MB total36 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 4.15 billion 17.8 billion
Process tech. 7 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 105 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W 250 W
Socket AM4 FCLGA-1851
Critical temp. 95 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR4-3200 DDR5-7200
Max Size 128 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 47.68 GB 115.2 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 24

Results

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

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