Intel's flagship Core Ultra 9 290K Plus CPU has been benchmarked within Geekbench, revealing almost 10% improvement in multi-threading.
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus CPU Benchmark Leak Shows That It Should Be The Fastest Desktop Chip For Multi-Threading Tasks
Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus
The Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus will be the flagship chip within the Core Ultra 200S Plus "Arrow Lake Refresh" family. This chip is expected to retain the same configuration unless the blue team suddenly comes out with a new Arrow Lake-S die, which remains highly unlikely. So we can expect the CPU to offer the same 24 cores, 24 threads, but with higher clock speeds and possibly a higher TDP too.
In Geekbench, the chip appeared with a base clock of 3.70 GHz and a boost clock of up to 5.80 GHz, a 100 MHz bump in peak boost clocks. This shouldn't bring a huge improvement in performance, but if offered at the same price, it should offer a nice step up. Other Core Ultra 200S Plus chips are getting a core configuration update, too.
The benchmark was conducted on a Gigabyte Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE motherboard with 48 GB of DDR5-8000 memory. This is a very flagship configuration.
As for the performance, the Intel Core Ultra 9 290K PLUS CPU scored 3456 points in the single-thread test and 24,610 points in the multi-core tests. When compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K, this is a 7% uplift in single-core and 9% improvement in multi-core tasks. When compared to AMD's fastest chip, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, the 290K PLUS offers a 2% improvement in single-core and a 11% improvement in multi-core tasks.
The following is how the performance stacks up:
Geekbench 6 (Higher is Better)
Now we don't expect the gaming performance of the 290K Plus to be much different than the existing 285K, and AMD's 3D V-Cache chips are going to retain their phenomenal lead.
The Intel Core Ultra 200S Plus "Arrow Lake Refresh" family should also include a Core Ultra 5 SKU, though we don't have details of that chip yet. The lineup looks a lot like a last effort to clear some additional 800-series motherboard inventory before the launch of the next-gen Nova Lake-S platform, which will feature a brand new socket, "LGA 1954". Expect more leaks and details of the lineup in the coming months as we approach the launch.
Intel Core Ultra 200S "Arrow Lake" and Arrow Lake Refresh CPU Specs:
| CPU | Cores/Threads | Base Clock (P/E Core) | Max Boost (P/E Core) | Cache (L3 / L2) | Memory Support | TDP (PL1 / PL2) | Price (SEP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Ultra 9 290K Plus | 24/24 (8+16) | 3.7 / 3.2 GHz | 5.8 / 4.8 GHz | 36 MB / 40 MB | DDR5-7200 | 125W / 250W | Cancelled |
| Core Ultra 9 285K | 24/24 (8+16) | 3.7 / 3.2 GHz | 5.7 / 4.6 GHz | 36 MB / 40 MB | DDR5-6400 | 125W / 250W | $589 US |
| Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 24/24 (8+16) | 3.7 / 3.2 GHz | 5.5 / 4.7 GHz | 36 MB / 40 MB | DDR5-7200 | 125W / 250W | $299 US |
| Core Ultra 7 265K | 20/20 (8+12) | 3.9 / 3.3 GHz | 5.5 / 4.6 GHz | 30 MB / 36 MB | DDR5-6400 | 125W / 250W | $394 US |
| Core Ultra 7 265KF | 20/20 (8+12) | 3.9 / 3.3 GHz | 5.5 / 4.6 GHz | 30 MB / 36 MB | DDR5-6400 | 125W / 250W | $379 US |
| Core Ultra 5 250K Plus | 18/18 (6+12) | 4.2 / 3.5 GHz | 5.3 / 4.7 GHz | 24 MB / 26 MB ? | DDR5-7200 | 125W / 159W | $199 US |
| Core Ultra 5 245K | 14/14 (6+8) | 4.2 / 3.6 GHz | 5.2 / 4.6 GHz | 24 MB / 26 MB | DDR5-6400 | 125W / 159W | $309 US |
| Core Ultra 5 245KF | 14/14 (6+8) | 4.2 / 3.6 GHz | 5.2 / 4.6 GHz | 24 MB / 26 MB | DDR5-6400 | 125W / 159W | $294 US |
News Source: Benchleaks
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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