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Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus vs Intel Xeon 656

	CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus	CPU Intel Xeon 656
General Parameters
Release Date	Mar 2026	Feb 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Server
Instruction Set	x86-64
Core Architecture	Arrow Lake	Granite Rapids
Processor Number	270K+
Integrated Graphics	Arc iGPU (4-Cores)	N/A
Generation		Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
Series		Intel Xeon 6 processors
Package
Transistor Count	17.8 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	5 nm
Socket	FCLGA-1851	Intel Socket 4710
Power Consumption	125 W	210 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	250 W
Peak Operating Temperature	105 °C	98°C
Foundry		Intel
Die Size		2x598 mm²
I/O Process Size		10 nm
I/O Die Size		2x 241
Package		FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	20
Performance Core Threads	8	40
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.7 GHz	2.9 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.4 GHz	4.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores	16
Efficiency Core Threads	16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	3.2 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	4.7 GHz
Total Core Count	24	20
Total Thread Count	24	40
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	37	29.0
L1 Cache	192 K per core	112 KB per core
L2 Cache	3 MB per core	2 MB per core
L3 Cache	36 MB shared	72 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
SMP		1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-7200	DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size	256 GB	4 TB
Max Memory Channels	2	8
Max Memory Bandwidth	115.2 GB/s	409.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2000 MHz
Shader Units	512
Texture Units	32
Raster Operation Units	16
Execution Units	64
Power Consumption	14
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5
PCIe Lanes	24	128