- Intel Core Ultra 270K Plus improves Adobe Premiere workflows by 15% over 9700X
- Rendering in Cinebench and Blender achieves up to 23% faster results
- 250K Plus outperforms previous generation AMD CPUs by about 35%
Intel’s latest Core Ultra 200S Plus series has drawn attention for delivering performance that’s hard to ignore, especially compared to older Intel models and some similarly priced AMD processors.
In testing by Puget Systems, the 270K Plus and 250K Plus increase the number of electronic cores, boost clocks, and increase maximum memory speeds, creating a tangible improvement over previous generations.
While AMD’s Ryzen 9 X3D chips remain strong in certain workloads, Intel’s new chips close gaps in many professional applications.
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Performance in rendering and content creation.
In CPU-based rendering in applications such as Cinebench, V-Ray and Blender, the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus demonstrates impressive results, performing up to 9% of the highest-priced 9950X3D, while often outperforming other CPUs in the same price range by up to 23%.
The 250K Plus also shows substantial gains, often matching or surpassing older high-end AMD chips, with improvements of around 35% over the 245K.
These performance improvements relate not only to additional cores but also to improvements in memory latency and bandwidth.
In Adobe Premiere, the 270K Plus performs as well or slightly better than previous high-end Intel models, offering a 15% lead over the 9700X.
This trend continues in intraframe codecs (13% faster than 245K), RAW processing (30% faster than 9700X), and QuickSync-accelerated workflows.
After Effects shows a slightly mixed picture: while the 270K Plus handles 2D tasks efficiently, 3D and tracking workloads favor AMD’s Ryzen chips.
DaVinci Resolve shows a similar balance, with the 270K Plus leading marginally in several CPU-bound tasks, while GPU-bound processes show little difference between the models.
In Unreal Engine shader builds and Visual Studio builds, AMD’s 3D V-Cache processors maintain some advantage, but the 270K Plus outperforms older Intel models by up to 100% in some cases.
Compilation times in particular show significant improvements over the 9700X, with improvements ranging from 15% to almost 100% depending on the test scenario.
The 250K Plus also shows strong relative performance, often outperforming previously considered superior CPUs at the same price.
Tests using the Llama and MLPerf benchmarks reveal modest improvements at the CPU level, and although the integrated NPU could not be evaluated directly, the 270K Plus consistently handles small model inference faster than previous Intel offerings.
This trend is constant in content creation and professional workloads, where new chips offer strong performance improvements without imposing a higher price.
Considering its $299 price tag and improvements to memory and E-core architecture, the 270K Plus makes the 9700X, which sells for about $340, look disappointing.
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