Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
Intel started Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus sales 17 March 2026. This is an Arrow Lake-HX Refresh architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 24 cores and 24 threads, and is based on 3 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 5500 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is Intel BGA 2114 processor with a TDP of 55 Watt. It supports DDR5 memory.
Primary details
Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 18 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | |
| Architecture codename | Arrow Lake-HX Refresh (2026) | |
| Release date | 17 March 2026 (recently) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) | |
| Threads | 24 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 5.5 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 192 KB (per core) | of 80 KB (EPYC 9965) |
| L2 cache | 3 MB (per core) | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 36 MB (shared) | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | |
| Die size | 243 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 17,800 million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | Intel BGA 2114 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | of 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + |
Security technologies
Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| VT-d | + | |
| VT-x | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus.
| Integrated graphics card | Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 5.0 | |
| PCI Express lanes | 24 | of 144 (Threadripper PRO 7955WX) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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