Intel Core i7 12800H 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 Intel Core i7 12800H (53/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i7 12800H
Intel

Intel Core i7 12800H

53/100
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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 Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 51.0 Below Average 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 65.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
E-Cores 8 16
E-Threads 8 16
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 24x 37x
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 8
Total Cores 14 24
Total Threads 20 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 48 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 90.1 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 1050 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 316.5 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 342.2 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 102 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.8 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 235.3 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
AMD Equivalent -AMD Ryzen 7 6800H -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Codename Alder Lake Arrow Lake
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i7-12800H 270K+
Released January 4, 2022 March 12, 2026
Successor -Intel Core i7 13800H —
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR5-4800- DDR4-3200- LPDDR5-5200- LPDDR4x-4267 - DDR5-7200
Max. Memory Bandwidth — 115.2 GB/s

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i7 12800H official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 28 24
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TBT 3.0, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 10 nm 3 nm
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 250 W
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket BGA-1744 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 125 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 266.4 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 15.8 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 16B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 99M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 59.1 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 83.9 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 1626 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 29.7M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 3.96 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 19.2 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 265.1 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 525.5 PPW 547.7 PPW

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-12-29(Laima) 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 Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 96 64
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 24 16
Shading Units 768 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 48 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 12800H Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

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