Intel Core i7 8650U 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 8650U (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Intel Core i7 8650U
Intel

Intel Core i7 8650U

28/100
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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 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Efficiency 47.0 Poor 76.0 Good WINNER
Performance 38.0 Poor 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Base Frequency (P) 1.9 GHz 3.7 GHz
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s —
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Multiplier 19x 37x
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 8
Total Cores 4 24
Total Threads 8 24
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.2 GHz 5.4 GHz
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes
Base Frequency (E) — 3.2 GHz
E-Cores — 16
E-Threads — 16
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) — 4.7 GHz

GeekBench v6

GeekBench v6 specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Background blur 18.6 images/sec 116 images/sec
Clang compilation 18 Klines/sec 297.3 Klines/sec
File compression 304.7 MB/sec 2000 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 87.7 pages/sec 635.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 112.1 Mpixels/sec 716 Mpixels/sec
Photo processing 40.5 images/sec 210.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.5 Mpixels/sec 59 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 116.4 pages/sec 447.5 pages/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 620 Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
Model number i7-8650U 270K+
Released August 21, 2017 March 12, 2026
Type Laptop Desktop
Vendor Intel Intel
AMD Equivalent — -AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
Codename — Arrow Lake

Memory Support

Memory Support specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
ECC Support No Yes
Max. Memory Bandwidth 37.5 GB/s 115.2 GB/s
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Memory Types - DDR4-2400- LPDDR3-2133 - DDR5-7200

Misc

Misc specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Official Site Intel Core i7 8650U official page Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus official page
PCI Express Lanes 12 24
PCI Express Version 3.0 5.0
Technologies - Compute: BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C- Performance: Boost 2.0, EIST, HTT, TSX- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x- Security: TXT, XD bit —

Package

Package specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Fabrication Process 14 nm 3 nm
Peak Temperature 100°C 105°C
Socket BGA-1356 FCLGA-1851
TDP (PL1) 15 W 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) — 250 W
Transistors — 17.8 billions

PassMark

PassMark specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Data compression 78.7 MBytes/sec 803 MBytes/sec
Data encryption 2.1 GBytes/sec 59 GBytes/sec
Extended instructions 5B Matrices/sec 63.4B Matrices/sec
Find prime numbers 22M Primes/sec 612M Primes/sec
Floating point math 13.3 GOps/sec 229.2 GOps/sec
Integer math 22 GOps/sec 175.8 GOps/sec
Physics 472 Frames/sec 4038 Frames/sec
Random string sorting 10.5M Strings/sec 96.8M Strings/sec

Performance Per Watt

Performance Per Watt specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Blender / Watt 3.05 PPW 4.92 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.5 PPW 19.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 232.7 PPW 219.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 412.5 PPW 547.7 PPW

iGPU

iGPU specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Execution Units 24 64
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1150 MHz 2000 MHz
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620 Intel Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
ROPs 3 16
Shading Units 192 512
TGP 15 W 14 W
TMUs 24 32

Cinebench

Cinebench specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) — 9722
Cinebench 2026 (Single) — 595

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Intel Core i7 8650U Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Date — Benchmark
📘 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

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