Intel's newest Raptor Lake Refresh chips are looking solid compared to the 14th-gen processors as we witness one of the first-ever benchmarks of one of its SKUs.

Intel Core 9 270H Benchmarked on PassMark

Looks like Intel nailed it with the newer Refresh of the Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs. If you are aware, Intel recently prepared a new Refresh series of the existing 14th Gen processors and, unlike previously, Intel didn't aim to release a 24-core flagship CPU but kept it limited to a 14-core configuration max.

The flagship newer Raptor Lake Refresh, aka Core Series 2 processor, was recently benchmarked in the PassMark benchmark. This is the Core 9 270H, a 14-core/20-thread CPU, which is basically identical in core/thread configuration to a 14th-gen mobile Core i5 CPU, and has beaten the latter in the single-threaded benchmark convincingly.

The Core 9 270H is based on the same Intel 7 process node as the 14th-gen processors and retains the same L3 cache of 24 MB. However, there are some noticeable differences in the specifications, such as clock speeds and TDP. Despite being more power-efficient at just 45W as its base power compared to 55W of the Intel Core i5 14500HX, the Core 9 270H is able to outperform the latter with around 14% higher single-threaded performance.

The CPU scored a good 4125 points in single-thread and about the same as the i5 14500HX in multithreaded performance. The i5 14500HX has scored about 3619 points on average, but the Core 9 270H takes a big lead with more power-efficiency, and, surprisingly, at a much lower L2 cache of just 11.5 MB vs 20 MB on the 14500HX. Don't know if the reported L2 cache is right, but irrespective of that, the 270H looks quite impressive and should be excellent for gaming and productivity.

One of the most obvious reasons that contributes to this performance uplift is its high max turbo frequency of 5.8 GHz, which is 900 MHz higher than the Core i5 14500HX. Considering this impressive uplift over the predecessors, there is a possibility that Intel might also deliver a noticeable uplift with the Arrow Lake Refresh chips, as the current series didn't do very well (at least in gaming benchmarks).

The newer Arrow Lake Refresh CPUs will arrive at the end of this year, and with that, Intel has one more chance to go against AMD's Zen 5 chips.

News Sources: @x86deadandback, PassMark

Source: Wccftech