Intel’s 270K Plus CPU dominates content creation workloads while challenging expensive AMD chips without breaking the bank for professionals
- Intel Core Ultra 270K Plus improves Adobe Premiere workflows by 15% over 9700X
- Rendering in Cinebench and Blender delivers up to 23% faster results
- 250K Plus outperforms previous generation AMD processors by approximately 35%
Intel’s latest Core Ultra 200S Plus series has attracted attention for its hard-to-ignore performance, especially when compared to older Intel models and some similarly priced AMD processors.
In testing by Puget Systems, the 270K Plus and 250K Plus both increase the number of electronic cores, increase 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 fill the gaps in many professional applications.
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Rendering performance 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, with performance up to 9% compared to the more expensive 9950X3D, while frequently outperforming other processors in the same price bracket by up to 23%.
The 250K Plus also shows substantial gains, often matching or beating older high-end AMD chips, with improvements of around 35% over the 245K.
These performance improvements are tied 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, providing a 15% advantage over the 9700X.
This trend continues with 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 has a similar balance, with the 270K Plus slightly ahead in several CPU-bound tasks, while GPU-bound processes show little difference between the models.
In Unreal Engine shader compilation and Visual Studio builds, AMD’s 3D V-Cache processors maintain some lead, but the 270K Plus outperforms older Intel models by up to 100% in some cases.
Compile times notably show significant gains compared to 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 processors previously considered superior 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 consistent across content creation and professional workloads, where new chips deliver solid performance gains without demanding a premium price tag.
Considering its $299 price and improvements to the memory and E-core architecture, the 270K Plus makes the 9700X, which costs around $340, look underwhelming.
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