Product Compare
Intel Core i9 7960X vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
| CPU | CPU | |
|---|---|---|
| General Parameters | ||
| Release Date | Sep 2017 | Jan 2026 |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Core Architecture | Skylake | Arrow Lake |
| Processor Number | i9-7960X | 270HX |
| Integrated Graphics | N/A | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) |
| Generation | Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake-HX) | |
| Package | ||
| Manufacturing Process | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Socket | LGA-2066 | FCBGA-2114 |
| Power Consumption | 165 W | 45-55 W |
| Peak Operating Temperature | 98 °C | 105 °C |
| Transistor Count | 17.8 billions | |
| Max Turbo Power Consumption | 160 W | |
| Foundry | TSMC | |
| Die Size | 243 mm² | |
| Package | FC-BGA | |
| CPU Performance | ||
| Performance Cores | 16 | 8 |
| Performance Core Threads | 32 | 8 |
| Performance Core Base Frequency | 2.8 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Performance Core Turbo Frequency | 4.2 GHz | 5.3 GHz |
| Total Core Count | 16 | 20 |
| Total Thread Count | 32 | 20 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 28x | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 64 K per core | 192 K per core |
| L2 Cache | 1 MB per core | 3 MB per core |
| L3 Cache | 22 MB shared | 30 MB shared |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
| Efficiency Cores | 12 | |
| Efficiency Core Threads | 12 | |
| Efficiency Core Base Frequency | 1.8 GHz | |
| Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency | 4.7 GHz | |
| SMP | 1 | |
| Memory Parameters | ||
| Memory Types | DDR4-2666 | DDR5-6400 |
| Max Memory Size | 128 GB | |
| Max Memory Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Max Memory Bandwidth | 79.47 GB/s | |
| ECC Memory Support | No | No |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| Official Website | Official Link ↗ | Official Link ↗ |
| PCIe Version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCIe Lanes | 44 | 24 |
| Extended Instruction Set | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512 | |
| Graphics Card Parameters | ||
| Integrated Graphics | true | |
| GPU Base Frequency | 300 MHz | |
| GPU Max Dynamic Frequency | 1900 MHz | |
| Shader Units | 512 | |
| Texture Units | 32 | |
| Raster Operation Units | 16 | |
| Execution Units | 64 | |
| Power Consumption | 14 | |
| AI Accelerator | ||
| NPU | Yes | |
| Theoretical performance | 13 TOPS | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Cinebench R23 Single Core | 1099 | 2022 |
| Cinebench R23 Multi Core | 22189 | 28042 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 1313 | 2995 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 9066 | 16892 |