Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus provides good benchmark performance at 32.81% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX.
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Summary
Intel started Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus sales 17 March 2026. This is an Arrow Lake-HX Refresh architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 20 cores and 20 threads, and is based on 3 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 5300 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA2114 processor with a TDP of 55 Watt. It supports DDR5-6400 memory.
Primary details
Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 184 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Power efficiency | 24.49 | of 100.00 (Apple M4 (8 cores)) |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | |
| Architecture codename | Arrow Lake-HX Refresh (2026) | |
| Release date | 17 March 2026 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 20 (Icosa-Core) | |
| Performance-cores | 8 | of 86 (Xeon 698X) |
| Efficient-cores | 12 | of 16 (Core i9-13900K) |
| Threads | 20 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 5.3 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 192 KB (per core) | of 96 KB (Xeon 6990E+) |
| L2 cache | 3 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 30 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | of 1.8 nm (Core Ultra 5 332) |
| Die size | 243 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 17,800 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FCBGA2114 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | |
| Speed Shift | + | |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | |
| Idle States | + | |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | + | |
| Deep Learning Boost | + | |
| Supported AI Software Frameworks | OpenVINO™, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT, WebNN |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | |
| EDB | + | |
| OS Guard | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + | |
| EPT | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-6400 | |
| Maximum memory size | 256 GB | of 6 TiB (EPYC 9124) |
| Max memory channels | 2 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel® Graphics | |
| Quick Sync Video | + | |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.9 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus's integrated GPU.
| Number of displays supported | 4 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS)7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 FRL) | |
| Max resolution over eDP | 3840 x 2400 @ 120Hz | |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5.0 and 4.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus is Ryzen 9 9955HX, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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Similar processors
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Recommended GPUs
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