Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D — Specifications, performance, tests

Differences
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Differences

Reasons to consider
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

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More number of cores

16 more cores

24 8
Higher turbo clock speed

Around 6% higher specified turbo frequency

5.50 GHz 5.2 GHz

Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

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Higher clock speed

Around 27% better clock speed

4.7 GHz 3.70 GHz
Lower stated TDP / base power

Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

120 W 125 W

Specifications

Technical data

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

Family

Intel Core Ultra 200 Ryzen
Segment

Desktop Desktop
Form Factor

- Desktops / Boxed Processor
Series

- Ryzen 9000 Series

CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

Base Frequency

3.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
CPU Cores

24 8
CPU Threads

24 16
E-core Base Clock

3.2 GHz -
E-core Max Turbo

4.7 GHz -
Efficient Cores

16 -
P-core Base Clock

3.7 GHz -
P-core Max Turbo

5.4 GHz -
Performance Cores

8 -
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)

5.5 GHz 5.2 GHz
Max. Boost Clock

- 5.2 GHz
Overclocking

- Yes

IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

GPU Frequency

- 2200 MHz
GPU name

- AMD Radeon Graphics
Graphics Cores

- 2

Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

Max. Memory

256 GB -
Memory channels

2 2
Memory type

DDR5-7200 DDR5
PCIe

- PCIe 5.0

Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)

125 W 120 W
TDP (PL2)

250 W -
Default TDP

- 120 W
Maximum Operating Temperature

- 95 °C

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

Architecture

Arrow Lake Zen 5
Intel Smart Cache

36 MB -
L2-Cache

40 MB 8 MB
L3-Cache

36 MB 96 MB
Release date

Q1/2026 2024-11-07
Socket

FCLGA1851 AM5
Technology

TSMC N3B TSMC 4nm FinFET
Codename

- Granite Ridge AM5
I/O die process

- TSMC 6nm FinFET

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 6

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D	Result difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Linux	650.712681 samples/min Submissions: 9	386.396267 samples/min Submissions: 30	-40.6 %
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows	609.744891 samples/min Submissions: 57	366.580728 samples/min Submissions: 135	-39.9 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Linux	677.377611 samples/min Submissions: 9	395.565005 samples/min Submissions: 25	-41.6 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows	634.382296 samples/min Submissions: 105	370.912589 samples/min Submissions: 163	-41.5 %
Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Windows	642.985807 samples/min Submissions: 25	367.535688 samples/min Submissions: 48	-42.8 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows	611.124396 samples/min Submissions: 20	333.029807 samples/min Submissions: 989	-45.5 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 333.805259 samples/min
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 323.517057 samples/min
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Linux 405.562455 samples/min
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 320.757236 samples/min
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux 377.766613 samples/min
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 320.502075 samples/min
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux 391.167316 samples/min
Blender 5.0.0 / CPU / Windows 325.661573 samples/min

More results: 1

Blender 5.1.0 / CPU / Linux 280.833242 samples/min

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model	Test	Result	Reported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D	Cinebench R15 / multi-core	3647 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D	Cinebench R15 / single-core	328 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D	Cinebench R20 / multi-core	9057 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D	Cinebench R20 / single-core	818 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D	Cinebench R23 / multi-core	23230 points
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D	Cinebench R23 / single-core	2080 points
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus	Cinebench 2026 / multi-core	10063 points	Graphics card: Asus ROG Strix RTX 4090 OC Edition System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-8200 CL40-52-52-131 CUDIMM OS: Windows 11 23H2 Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus Z890 Hero BIOS: 1501 Driver: GeForce Game Ready Driver 572.70 WHQL Profile: Intel Default Profile
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus	Cinebench 2026 / single-core	598 points	Graphics card: Asus ROG Strix RTX 4090 OC Edition System RAM: 32 GB DDR5-8200 CL40-52-52-131 CUDIMM OS: Windows 11 23H2 Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus Z890 Hero BIOS: 1501 Driver: GeForce Game Ready Driver 572.70 WHQL Profile: Intel Default Profile

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model	Result	Reported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D	11708.093805 H/s	RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows System RAM: 32 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B850M GAMING X WIFI6E Duration: 85.411 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 24 threads / windows

Model	Result	Reported conditions
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus	13359.874952 H/s	RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 24 threads / windows System RAM: 48 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Motherboard: ASRock / Z890 Pro-A Duration: 74.851 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.