Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

[ 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 Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) (66/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple A18 Pro (MacBook):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (91 vs 76)
Why choose Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus:
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 94)
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
Apple

Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

66/100
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[ WINNER ]
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Intel

Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

98/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 91.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 94.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 2 GHz 3.7 GHz
E-Cores 4 16
E-Threads 4 16
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 16MB (shared) 3MB (per core)
Multiplier 40x 37x
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 2 8
Total Cores 6 24
Total Threads 6 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 2.42 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.05 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Base Frequency (E) — 3.2 GHz
Bus Frequency — 100 MHz
L3 Cache — 36MB (shared)

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 41 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 58.1 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 1050 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 201.6 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 214.8 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 91.5 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.18 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 318.8 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Codename Apple M4 Arrow Lake
Instruction Set ARMv9 x86-64
Integrated GPU Apple A18 Pro GPU Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number APL1V07 270K+
Released September 9, 2024 March 12, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Apple Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 60 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 8 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 4 2
Memory Types - LPDDR5x-7500 - DDR5-7200

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
Socket Custom FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 10 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Peak Temperature — 105°C
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 133.5 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 8 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 6.5B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 132M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 25.4 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 37.5 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1380 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 17.2M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 7.1 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 70.2 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 922.5 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1281.2 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-04-24->Rennsport GeekBench —
📘 2026-06-03->Rennsport GeekBench —
📘 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 Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 128 64
GPU Boost Clock 1490 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Apple A18 Pro GPU Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 40 32
GPU Base Clock — 300 MHz
ROPs — 16
TGP — 14 W

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site — Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes — 24
PCI Express Version — 5.0

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