Intel is showing some signs of life and

dare we say even some remote distant

signs of intelligence. No longer does it

look like a cold distant asteroid on a

collision course spelling doom. Now it's

actually doing kind of okay with the 270

KP that we're reviewing today. With the

250 KP that we just reviewed, we didn't

say that it's a waste of sand. This, as

many of you pointed out in the comments,

is the biggest possible compliment that

Intel or AMD or Nvidia could get on this

channel. Not a waste of sand. It's our

coveted award. In this case, the 250 KP

we already said uh was looking a lot

better. The 270 KP actually is pretty

competitive in some specific workloads

in an exciting way and an interesting

one. Uh the biggest problem is that it's

on a dead-end platform. We'll respect

your time. We'll give you the TLDDR and

basically the conclusion right now. The

270 KP is a $300 CPU. Already a good

start. Its performance in our Chromium

code compile test in put the 270KP up at

the top of the board with a 103minute

result. Most critically, that has it

only 2 minutes slower than the AMD

9950X, which commonly costs $500 to $520

right now. To be within error of the

more expensive 9950X spells danger for

AMD's high-end solution in its desktop

platform. The 270 KP beat the 14700K

finally in this test also. So it's not

regressive like it was last time with a

14% reduction of required compile time.

In Puget Suite testing with Da Vinci

Resolve for video editing work, the

270KP again lands at the top of the

chart. In fact, ignoring the 285K with

the non-like forlike higher speed

memory, the 270KP is actually now the

best performer on this chart in our like

forlike testing. Behind it sits the 9950

X3D, which is over $600 when we can find

it available right now. In Blender

tilebased rendering, the 270KP is barely

behind the 9950X. The 950X is over $200

more expensive, and yet it only required

7.7% less time to complete the render.

But the 270 KP isn't always better, like

in Photoshop, but more often than not,

it is. Gaming also shows promise. AMD

maintains a lead with the more expensive

9800 X3D and with the 7800 X3D, which is

closer in price to the 270 KP when we

could find it in stock, but still more

expensive. However, despite AMD's lead,

Intel is gaining on it, including in

tests where we know for a fact that we

aren't GPUbound. Intel, we think, has

the makings of an AMD 2017 era Ryzen

1000, 2018, 2000 uh sort of

revitalization where AMD did really well

in production workloads and it was just

kind of okay in game. It was like if

you're gaming only, you would still buy

Intel, but if you did other stuff, then

AMD started to make a lot more sense.

Intel kind of looks like that right now

where the X3D parts are still in the

lead for basically every game, but

Intel's getting a lot closer. In

production though, the 200 series

refresh is actually looking a lot

better. Other than platform longevity,

we only had one serious complaint about

the 270KP that actually is a problem for

Intel, and that is that in our single

thread frequency testing, the 270KP

underperformed and it failed to meet

Intel's specification and advertised

clocks. It's 100 MHz short of Intel's

marketing claims. That's a big swin and

a miss that we haven't seen in this

testing for years. Either Intel is

misrepresenting the capabilities of the

CPU or the combination of the ASUS Z890

board plus the CPU result in

underperformance that needs to be

addressed in a firmware update. Still,

in spite of its deficiency against the

marketing claims, which is a big

separate problem, the CPU actually did

overall perform well. Uh the 250 KP was

a good introduction to the series, but

the 270 KP is the one that's giving us

flashbacks to that Ryzen sort of

10002000 especially era. And uh our our

single biggest criticism for Intel with

the 270 KP is that it's a dead-end

socket. You're buying the motherboard.

If you're building now and you don't

already have this platform, you're

buying a board that you are dooming to

basically only have the CPU in it. Maybe

they put out one more refresh that's a

little higherend, but architecturally

there's no indication that they will do

another full new gen architecture on

this platform. I'd love to be wrong.

There's nothing that indicates that uh

it will go any other way though right

now. And you know, if Intel, if you're

listening, Intel, seriously, just if

only so that you can say that I'm wrong.

I like I don't even care. I I would love

to be wrong. Just please for the next

one, make it a platform that has some

actual [ __ ] longevity like AM4. And

AM4 is a you know, it's like 10 years

old now and they're still kind of going,

but even half of that would be a big

change from where Intel's been. If you

do that, you are taking away my only big

complaint. Like I that's the biggest

caveat I have. So Intel, please if

you're listening just I'm sure I'm sure

there's people there who are like

someone shut this guy up. That's the way

to do it. Hopefully they do that for the

next one. But anyway, the 270 KP is

still pretty interesting. Um overall

we're excited about the direction for

Intel with this one. The 250KP I was

like h it's pretty good. It's okay. But

this one just because the production

side of things is so compelling in some

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right, so we posted our 250kP review the

other day and that one goes into Intel's

platform performance package or again

for short Intel's PP package or as one

of you in the comments pointed out, it

could also be Intel's platform PP. So

that is something we'll leave to

discussion in the previous video. I

don't really know why, but it seemed

like everyone in the comments thought

this was just the funniest thing. Like I

I'm literally I'm just saying the

objective name of it. It's Intel's PB

package. We continually talk about how

Intel's PB package performs when Intel

doesn't have its PP package out. And

when it has it out, it performs better

sometimes, and when it doesn't have it

out, it doesn't do as well. It's not a

big PP package, but at 100 megabytes,

you really can't complain. So, for

whatever reason, I I I don't know. Like,

the comments are just like, "Haha, so

funny." And I don't get it. I mean, I

just That's literally what it's called.

So, anyway, today we are also testing

Intel's PB package once again. Uh, also

for shorter, the triple P or the 270K

PPP or the double PP. They have two of

them. Anyway, the 250 KP video goes over

that. We're not doing that again. You

can watch that video. If you're going to

buy one of these CPUs, you need to know

about it. It is software you need to

install. Uh, and it's separate from the

chipset drivers and things like that.

So, make sure you are aware of how that

works. Let's get into some of the

pricing roundup and the specs. Then

we'll do the review. We'll keep the

specs quick. The Ultra 7270K Plus CPU is

a 24 core 24thread part with eight P

cores and 16E cores. As a result, it's

running a 40 megaby L2 cache. So, the

core count and cache size are both

increased from the 265K. The 265K is a

20 core 20thread part with 8 P cores and

12 EC cores. So, Intel's increased ecore

count by four. And alongside that, L2

cache is up from 36 megabytes to 40

megabytes. Clock speed is advertised at

5500 MHz for the 265K. And for both of

them, TDP is about the same. It's still

at around 250 watts for the 270 KP.

Advertised clock speed is also 5500 MHz

for the 270 KP. We'll quickly check

Newegg for some nearby CPU prices. The

270 KP is supposed to be a $300 part

that launches in a couple days. Other

relevant components include the 265K,

which is $285 on Newegg now. The AMD

R79700X M5 CPU, which installs in a

platform with some actual life to it at

$296. the 7800 XD, which remains one of

the best gaming CPUs after the 9800 XD,

but is now $375 when available and

sometimes 350 from thirdparty sellers,

although those are less trustworthy.

That's going to be the closest gaming

competition, and that $50 to $75 price

increase can be soaked by the fact that

one, it is higher performance in a lot

of cases, and two, the motherboard has

more than one use, and the RAM can be

slower while getting most the benefit

still out of the CPU. There's also the

Nin00X, which is a $374 part that might

be an option for production builds.

However, even the $520 9950X is beaten

by the 270 KP in some of our production

tests. With all that out of the way,

let's get into the testing. Our first

test is for frequency validation, which

is to ensure the CPU is working properly

and that it's able to hit Intel's

advertised targets. And in one case, it

wasn't in an all core workload with

Blender. The 270KP's peak pecore

frequency was 5400 MHz. That's below

Intel's 5.5 GHz claim, but this part is

expected behavior because the CPU is

under an allcore workload. The ecore

average was 4,700 MHz for the 270 KP,

which exactly matches the advertised

claims on the spec sheet. For

perspective, the 250 KP's pecore peak

was about 5100 MHz under this allcore

workload, and the 250 KP's ecores ran at

4600 MHz. Adding the 265K for

perspective, the preceding Ultra 7 CPU

ran at 5200 MHz peak for the PC cores

and 4600 MHz peak for the EC cores.

Under an allcore load, Intel has boosted

the frequency by about 200 MHz PC core

and 100 MHz Ecore versus the 265K. This

chart validates the frequency in a

single threaded workload where the CPUs

will reach their maximum boost clocks.

Intel fails to achieve its maximum

advertised boost. Here, this is the

first objective failure we've seen in

this test in a long time. Now, we reran

the test and the results were the same.

Intel's CPU is hitting 5400 MHz max

single thread per interval under a

single threaded workload, but it spec

sheet states that the maximum is 5 1/2

GHz. So, it should be 100 MHz higher.

The CPU is not performing as advertised.

Although 100 MHz off the maximum single

core or thread boost won't impact

results too much. In most cases, it's

still not aligned with the product Intel

is marketing. There's either an issue in

the firmware or with the CPU here. We're

using the latest BIOS for the ASUS Z890

motherboards that are compatible with

these CPUs. At the time of launch, the

250 KP managed to hit its advertised

clocks, but it struggled. So, the 270 KP

seems to be mirroring that behavior,

just more extreme. We talked in the 250

KP review about how the first twothirds

of the test with 250 KP saw it lower

than advertised max clock more often

than at it with only the remaining

one-third more often at the advertised

maximum at the end of the test. We're

not sure if the behavior persists with

other 270 KP CPUs or motherboards. But

if it does, Intel would be overselling

it CPU's performance. If it doesn't,

then likely ASUS and Intel need to

resolve this for their boards. Just for

reference, the 285K was capable of

hitting it 5700 MHz maximum advertised

boost previously. In Boulders's Gate 3,

the 270 KP ran at 114 to 115 FPS

average, enabling the platform PP didn't

do anything for the 270 KP entry here.

The result has the 270 KP tied with

AMD's 5700 XD and behind the 5600 XD by

about 1 FPS average. Intel's lows are

technically better than these two AM4

X3D parts, but not in a perceptible way.

The 270 KP PPP ran 5% higher frame rate

than the 250 KP with PPP, meaning an

extra $100 or a 50% increase in price

gets just 5% more performance in this

game. And you don't even get more PPS

with that. You still only have two PPS

with both of these CPUs spread across

the quadruple B. That should skew

disproportionately in production

workloads later, but it's not a big jump

for gaming so far. The 270KP is also

10.7% ahead of the 265K's 104 FPS

average result. really more of a shame

for Intel's most recent 7 series

predecessor than anything else here. The

265K is currently $285, which softens

that comparison, but it was around $400

previously. Intel has improved the price

and performance of the Ultra 7 with the

new one. Alongside its Ultra 5 series

CPUs we already reviewed, so things are

looking positive for Intel right now.

Comparatively, compared to AMD, other

than the AM4 X2D entries that remain

ahead, the 7800 XD is also worth

considering. And the CPU is currently

around $350 from thirdparty sellers,

putting it $50 over the 270 KP and 16%

ahead by average frame rate with its 133

FPS result. Outer Worlds 2 is next,

which is one of our newer tests in this

game. And at 1080p, the 270 KP ran at

133 FPS average with PvP and 130 FPS

average without it. So about a 2% gain

from enabling the PP package. The 270 KP

ends up behind the 9800 XD, which ran at

139 FPS average and was bested only by

the 9850 XD because our 1440p results

are also capped at the same frame rate.

We already know that we're not GPU bound

in this 1080p test. This is one of the

situations where Intel ends up a lot

closer to the 9800 XD, which only has a

4 and a half% lead here with DDR56000,

although they're tied when the 9850 XD

is on the cheaper and slower DDR5 4800.

Obviously, the 270 KP also finally

outpaces Intel's prior 14700K that the

265K sort of replaced, although it

regressed by pure performance metrics.

It took Intel a full half generation,

but they're finally on the path back to

increasing performance rather than

decreasing it. The 9700 X has never been

particularly impressive for gaming and

is down at 103 FPS average. So, the 270

KP has a lead of 28 and a half%. 1440p

is next for Outer Worlds 2. In this

test, the top results only lose two FPS

average, which could be variance. And

that's for the 9850 XD. We're not seeing

the impact of a GPU bottleneck here yet,

which is a good thing for showing CPU

scaling. As a result, not much has

changed. The 270 KP with and without PvP

runs at 130 FPS average here with

nothing new to talk about from the 1080p

version of this chart. Still, we wanted

to at least show a higher resolution to

illustrate that depending on the GPU

performance, the results don't

necessarily get truncated. Stellaris,

test simulation time in the game rather

than frame rate, which gives us a better

look at performance in a way that

impacts real world and not just the

frame throughput. Meaning, if the CPU

processes faster, you actually feel that

time in real life. The 270 KP required

36 seconds to complete the simulation

both with and without PVP. There was no

change there. That has about the same

level as Intel's prior 1300K flagship,

which launched in 2022 for $590 to $600

or so. It took Intel about four years,

but they've now reached the same

performance for about half the initial

MSRP. However, the 270 KP still hasn't

reached the performance levels of the

14700 K. It is getting closer though, at

least. The 9800 X3D outperforms the 270

KP with a 15% reduction in simulation

time required. The 9700 X performs about

the same as 70 KP. As for CPUs lower

down, the 270 KP is outperforming

Intel's recent 285K and the 7800 X2D.

And against the same generation 250 KP,

it benefits from a simulation time

reduction of 7.7%. This is one of the

games where AMD's AM4 X3D CPUs like the

5800X3D are lowered down the stack,

giving Intel a better position than some

other games. Finally, against the 265K,

the 270 KP reduces simulation time by

12.2%. Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is

also one of our newer tests. At 1080p,

the 270 KP ran at 238 to 239 FPS average

under both test conditions. The 4600K

still has a 2% lead over the new 7-class

CPU with the two basically

indistinguishable from a user

standpoint. The 7800 X2D leads at 269

FPS average or 12.6% in average frame

rate. When it's available, this is still

a relatively direct price comparison.

Lows are also improved. The 9800 XD

pushes that further with a lead of 32%,

although it's more expensive. Faster

memory didn't really help the 285K here,

and we don't expect to change things

notably for the 270 KP either. The kit

we're using already has good timings,

which tend to matter more for most

games. Against the 250 KP, the 270 KP is

5.3% improved for average frame rate.

And these 9700 X is around $300 lately

and is beaten by the 270 KP by 11%. The

next test moves to 1440p to increase the

GPU load. The 270 KP ran at 238 FPS

average here, so the same as the 1080p

result. There's enough distance from the

GPU ceiling that it's not affecting CPUs

lower down the ranks. The GPU ceiling

starts to truncate the 9850 XD and 9800

XD results. So, those have come down

closer to 270 KP with 1440p even on the

5090. The rest is the same. So, we'll

move on. Dragon Stock with two is up

next in this one. The 270 KP with its PP

package performed the same as the 7800

X3D. They're within one FPS of each

other for the average here with Intel

gaining a technical advantage in the

lows between the two. The 14700 K still

leads the Intel 270 KP. So, the company

is still regressive versus its 14 series

CPUs. In this case, that lead is 5%

favoring the 14700 K. Ahead of that, the

9800 XD at 127 FPS average is a 14%

improvement for average FPS on the 270

KP with PPP. The lows improved from the

7800 X3D, but are still worse than the

270 KP. AMD's older 5800 X2D isn't far

behind the 270 KP, but it is behind. So,

Intel has at least climbed past AM4's

goat here. The 270 KP also outperforms

the 9700 X's 88 FPS average by 26%.

Against the 250 KP with PP, the 270 KP's

111 FPS average gives it a 5% bump. It's

not really worth the extra money. It's

not even close to worth the extra money.

Maybe though production benchmarks will

change that. As for the PP package, it

does seem to be technically doing

something here. Both the 270 KP and 250

KP had gains of a few FPS from enabling

it, even though you wouldn't actually

feel the PP package as an end user.

Cyberpunk 2077 is next first with medium

settings. The 270 KP's 176 FPS average

puts the CPU just behind the 5700 X3D,

which had a launch MSRP $50 lower than

that of the 270 KP. Intel's still

playing catch-up with AMD's older AM4

CPUs in this game, but has at least

bested its own 14 series CPUs by a

meaningful amount this time. The 270KP's

176 FPS average puts it ahead of the

14700 K's 162 FPS average by 9%.

Although in this one, the 265K wasn't

regressive as in other benchmarks. The

improvement over the 265K is 6.3%. Here,

the chart is helmed by the 9850XD at 230

FPS average, a 30% lead over the 270 KP.

Intel still has a lot of ground to gain

on AMD's high-end, but for now, they're

at least getting closer to the CPU's

nearer end price. The 7800 XD is an

example of that, which has a 12.7%

advantage over the 270 KP. Now, tested

with high settings in Cyberpunk 2077,

the 270 KP held a 165 FPS average and

lows at 109 and 94 FPS. This dropped

slightly from the medium settings test.

We didn't see a difference from enabling

PvP here. The depth of impact with the

250 KP's PP package is also small at a 1

FPS swing. That's basically margin of

error and wouldn't be noticed. CPUs

above the 270 KP include the 5800 X2D,

which maintains about a 7 to 8%

advantage. And then the 7800 XD at about

11.7% advantage versus the faster of the

two 270KP results. After that, the 9800X

3D chart tops at 28 FPS average for an

improvement on the 270 KP of 26%. Below

the 270 KP and fortunately for Intel, we

find the prior generation i74700K.

Previously, this CPU is about tied with

the 265K, posting little improvement

generationally for Intel's 7 lineup.

Now, we're seeing an uplift of 8.2%. The

improvement on the 265K is 7%. AMD's

9700X is pretty far down the charts.

Without X3D, AMD just has trouble

keeping up with any of the other CPUs

here. In F125 at 1080p, the 270 KP ran

at about 277 to 278 FPS average. We

didn't see any change of the platform PP

true for both the 270 KP and the 250

KBP. Where within runto run variance for

both the higher of the two results puts

AMD 7800 X2D 8.8% ahead of that one. The

9800 XD boosts that further but also

boosts the price and is 29% improved on

the 270KP. Against Intel's prior CPUs,

the 270 KP outperforms the 285K, so

that's good. and also best the former

flagship 13900K. Changing to faster

memory had no impact on the 285K in this

testing and we wouldn't expect one on

the 270 KP in this test either. The 270

KP also leads the 14700K by about 10 FPS

average and the 5800 XD by about 18 FPS

average. As for the 250 KP, spending an

extra $100 would boost from 253 FPS to

about 278 FPS average or about 9.8% that

you get for that 100 bucks you're

spending. And again, production

workloads will change that. Starfield is

the last for games with production next.

In Starfield, the 270 KP ran at 160 FPS

average. The PP package is impotent here

for the 270 KP with its change within

run-to-run variance and error. The 250

KP saw slightly more of a change, so is

either more receptive due to its lower

spec configuration or just landed on the

outer bounds of variance. The 14700K

still leads the 270 KP, so Intel hasn't

beaten its predecessor yet by raw

performance. They're close though, and

we'd expect the next generation should

surpass it finally. Intel is also

driving down power consumption

tactically at the same time, so they're

at least gaining an efficiency. The AMD

7800 X3D manages about a 6 to 7 FPS lead

over the 270K with the 9800 X3D more

meaningfully ahead at a 197 FPS average.

Against the 250 KP, the 270 KP is 6.6%

ahead. We're moving to production

testing now where the 270 KP should show

more of an improvement over the 250 KP

than, for example, in gaming. Intel has

established itself something of a

foothold in retaking some of the

non-gaming workload top ranks. That's

something that we'll see here. Chromium

code compile in Windows is next,

although not plotted here just to save

space for the next round of CPUs. We

didn't see a difference again with PV

enabled in this one for the 270 KP that

mirrors the 250 KP testing where the two

entries were about 133 minutes. This

test looks at time required to complete

the compile with the 270 KP completing

the Chromium compile as we tested in 103

minutes. that has it slower than the

9950X by only about two minutes, meaning

the 9950X completes the work in 1.9%

less time, which isn't that big of an

advantage for the price of the 9950X

CPUs. This is a great result for the

270KP and actually one of the best out

of all the testing we've done so far for

these new parts. The 270KP outdoes the

285K by a couple minutes and shortens

the compile time on the 14700K's

120minute result by about 17 minutes for

a reduction in time required of 14%.

Versus the 250 KP's 133minut result, the

270 KP completes the compile in 22.6%

less time. AMD's 9700 X is pretty far

down in this one at 190 minutes. This

allows the 270 KP to complete the

compile in 46% less time required than

the 9700 X. AMD's 9800 XD and 9850 XVD

utilize their higher frequencies to

outperform the 9700 X, but otherwise

they don't gain their value back in cost

in this test as expected because the

extra cash is really more of a gaming

benefit. In Blender rendering with the

CPU where one tile is spawned per thread

available, the 270 KP performed equally

with and without PvP. Once again, both

the 270KP with its PP package equipped

and with it put away required 6 and 1/2

minutes to complete the render of one

frame from our intro animation. The

9950X did this work in 6 minutes as did

the 9950XD. Intel is getting close to

AMD 16 core CPUs with these workloads,

which is mostly just exciting because we

might finally have some competition

again in at least this segment. The 285K

did the work in 6.7 minutes. So, in

terms of actual performance, it's really

not that different from the 270 KP.

However, the 285K has been $530 to $600

since launch. Lately, $530 to $560. And

the 270KP should be $300. That's a

massive improvement on the 285K's value

proposition and is actually a threat to

AMD's 9950X with one exception being

that you could actually put another CPU

in the 9950X's motherboard in the

future. Whereas the 270 KP will be in a

dead platform and that is a big

advantage for AMD. Either way, as we

said in the 250 KP review, it looks like

Intel is starting to establish a

foothold in non-gaming work just like

AMD did back in the Ryzen 1000 and 2000

era. If Intel takes platform longevity

more seriously in its next round, then

they would be taking away one of the key

criticisms of them, and that would be a

good thing. As for other results, the

270 KP outdoes the 265K's 8minute render

time, completing the work in about 19%

less time required. The 14 solder K is

at 8.8 minutes, so this is a decent

improvement after the prior relatively

stagnant launch. In sevenzip file

compression testing, the 270 KP

completed 183,000 MIPS or millions of

instructions per second. Enabling PPP

had it at 181,000 MIPS for the result,

meaning the higher result is only 0.9%

higher. So, the differences we're seeing

are just run-to-un variance. They are

within error. Taking the higher of the

two, the 270KP ends up just behind

Intel's 1400K former flagship. The 285K

actually benefited from the faster

memory here, showing a 2.7% improvement

from its baseline result. It's not a big

difference, but more than we've seen in

a lot of cases. AMD's 9950X CPUs both

take the top of the chart without going

to Thread Ripper. As for relevant

comparisons, the 270 KP outd does the

14700 K's 174K MIPS by 5% and the 265K

by 14%. Against the 250 KP, the 270 KP

completes 18% higher MIPS. That's a

larger gain than the 3 to 8%

improvements we saw in most games

between the 270 250, but still not a ton

for the price increase. AMD's 9700 X

falls pretty far down the charts here,

giving the 270 KP a 65% lead over it.

The 9900 X is about $370 commonly, so

about $70 over MSRP for the 270KP, and

the 270 KP outperforms it by 13%. In

decompression testing, the 270KP

completed 198.7,000 MIPS without PPP and

197.3,000 MIPS with it. So again, these

are within variance of each other. Uh we

could rerun this even more times and

they'd probably keep flipping like this.

Taking the higher of the two, the 1400K

takes back the lead with a 26,000 MIPS

result or an improvement of 3.6%. Intel

is still showing regression and

decompression testing here. The 270 KP

is getting close at least to the 285K

and is significantly cheaper. AMD 16

core CPUs lead these charts, followed by

Intel's former 1400K and 1300K

flagships, which somehow end up

accidentally being their current

flagships. So, they're still the

flagships, but they used to be the

flagships, too. The 9800 XVD and 9850

XVD aren't competitive here and

especially not at the price. The CPUs

are fine, but the extra cash has never

really benefited the production

workloads that we benchmark or most of

them anyway. These are more for gaming,

uh, at least where you get the value out

of them. Against the 250 KP PPP, the 270

KP is showing a 31% improvement. Take

the higher of the two. That's getting

more worthwhile at least versus the last

one. Over the 9700 X, the 270 KP higher

result posts a 52% improvement. Adobe

Photoshop tested with the Puget Suite is

next. In this one, the 270KP doesn't do

as comparatively well as in some of the

earlier tests. Still fine, but just not

as impressive. The 270KP with and

without PVP performed the same. In both

situations, it's just behind the 7800

XPD and ahead of the 14700 K. The 9700 X

leads the 270KP this time with a 15.7%

lead against the 270KP. The 265K, 285K,

and 245K were all unimpressive in this

test, down below even the 14600K. At

least with the 270 KP, Intel has

surpassed its prior generation 14700K.

AM4 X3D CPUs are all at the bottom here,

seeing no real benefit from the extra

cash. In Da Vinci Resolve video editing

testing, we saw the 270KP at over 14,000

points for the extended testing with the

Puget Suite. This has it just behind the

285K with expensive RAM, which is a good

result considering the price of the 285K

and the price of the DDR58000 memory.

And the fact that these scores are

functionally identical in performance is

also a good thing for the 270KP. The 270

KP ends up ahead of the 950X3D and 950X

this time. The gain against the 950X non

3D is 3% which isn't a huge advantage,

but considering the price difference, it

matters. Again, our only real complaint

against this CPU is that it's on a

dead-end platform. If Intel can do a

repeat of this launch, but on a platform

with some life left in it, they'd be

taking away our main criticisms.

Improvements over the 265K are also

notable with the prior 7class CPU down

in the 13,000s. As with our 250KP

review, we're keeping our power

consumption testing relatively

straightforward for these reviews. For

power testing, we're using an external

capture device to serve as an interposer

between the power supply and the

motherboard. So, the PMD2 here is

measuring ATX 12VT and EPS 12volt power

as this board is unconventionally

splitting some of its 24 pin power over

to the CPU. That's uncommon. We then

subtract the GPU slot power via a PCIe

slot riser which intercepts it at the

source and pulls from a four pin

connector that we can split out from

power logging instead of ATX12VT. In a

Blender Allcore workload, worst case

scenario, we measured the 270 KP at

about 284 watts when factoring in the

EPS2VT cables and the ATX 12VT line.

That means we'll have VRM efficiency

losses and other miscellaneous ATX 12VT

components factored in. So, it's a

little higher uh but it's still going to

give us a pretty good representation.

The CPU package power measured via

hardware info is at 230 watts to 251

watts, which matches the advertised TDP

of the CPU. For reference, the 250 KP

pulls significantly lower power at 186

watts via external capture and 130 to

150 watts via software logging. In F125

power consumption testing, we measured

peaks for the 270 KP at 250 watts during

loading sequences to prep the test run.

The 270 KP measured at 125 to 140 watts

during the game itself with hardware

info CPU package power logging the PB

package enhanced 270 KP which has a much

higher TDP at 176 watts during loading

and about 90 to 100 watts during the

game. Overall pretty good. That's yeah

that's right now Intel is like

celebrating. There's they're opening the

champagne in the office. I'm sure all 12

of them that are left after the layoffs.

So, the 270 KP is uh at $300, it's

pretty competitive. With the 950X, it's

way better than the 285K. I mean, that

CPU was a [ __ ] nightmare. Like, their

their 200 series launch was just awful.

Uh we knew they were launching onto a

dead-end platform. We got a refresh, so

that's good. But that plus the fact that

the CPUs were regressive versus the 14

series, it was just bad. It was And the

prices were pretty high, too. They were

like out of their [ __ ] minds with the

$600 CPU thing. They were doing plus or

minus 50 bucks sometimes. So, this is a

lot better direction. The 250 KP in

particular has a $200 CPU. That's good.

Like that. We don't have a lot of $200

computer parts these days that are

actually competitive and have silicon in

them. So, uh this is a good direction.

Unfortunately, as you all know, the RAM

pricing is astronomical right now. And

so if you want to build a computer, it's

the RAM is taking up probably like a

like 30% of the goddamn budget for the

computer or more depending on how much

you need. Uh and that kills it for a lot

of people. So budget part obviously like

$200 it's not not budget budget, you

know, that'd be we consider that maybe

like an $80, $100 CPU, but uh for the

performance you get, the price is

relatively good on the $200 250 KP. It's

just that you lose a lot of that

momentum as soon as you hit the memory

and as soon as you hit the single-use

basically motherboard that you'd be

buying to put it in. Same with the 270

KP. Um, but in a vacuum, ignoring the

memory pricing right now because that's

just a that's a constant that affects

everybody. It affects AMD2. Uh, ignoring

that, at least this is the right

direction for Intel and they're looking

competitive. I really hope Intel does a

repeat of this with a new platform that

they will keep. like enough of this

[ __ ] We're going to do like one

maybe two kind of generations on it and

then [ __ ] you, our motherboard partners

need more money. Enough of that. I

really got to see some longevity from

Intel because with AM4, you know, I

think people kind of uh looked down on

the longevity for a while with AM4

because it's like, well, I I don't if

I'm building a new computer, I don't

mind buying a new board, especially if

there's something like a new PCIe

generation, new DDR generation. Sure,

makes sense. But then you look at AM4

now. The amount of viewers we have,

especially those of you in particular in

places like Brazil and China and Taiwan,

places like this, we have so many

viewers who contact us and thank us for

looking at the newer AM4 parts because

you have AM4 builds and it makes a lot

more financial sense according to those

of you who have emailed us to just

upgrade and socket. And that's cool. It

also reduces e-waste. So even for the

people who are more privileged to where

you can just buy a whole new computer

every time, the longevity it really

matters, especially if your board when

you're done with it can go secondhand to

someone else who gets another three

years of processors on it. That's

awesome. So we need Intel to do that and

take away our main complaint. But as far

as the 270KP, you know, the conclusion

was in the beginning, you already got

it. Not going to go over it again. The

quick version is pretty good in

production. Uh much better in gaming

than it used to be. X3D is still the

best in gaming in most cases. sometimes

by a lot like 30 plus percent, sometimes

by not so much like six and a half

percent. Now, predictably AMD probably

is going to have a 10 series or

something that they'll put in the AM5

platform. So, they've got more life yet

in theirs and for sure they're going to

launch something and it'll be

competitive with these. That's just how

it goes. Um, but as far as the 270 KP,

I'm just happy that this is not another

like $400 7 class like i7 Ultra 7,

whatever CPU. Uh, and especially happy

that it's outperforming their prior $520

to $600 285K. So that is like genuinely

this is the most signs of of life and

market awareness we've seen from Intel

in years now outside of its GPU division

which up until recently seemed to be the

only part of Intel that actually

understood how people spend money. So um

yeah the DM stuff's still a mess

unfortunately but uh that's going to be

it for this review. So a lot of fun

working on these. Um, we had the Noctua

case if you want to check out some other

technical testing that had our new fan

testing machine in it for some data.

That was really fun. We had the Crimson

Desert GPU benchmarks. We got a lot more

coming up. But, uh, that'll wrap this

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