A new leak about the Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus reveals updated performance data for both single-core and multi-core workloads.
The Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus is Intel’s upcoming flagship processor, expected to launch in the first quarter of this year alongside the other unlocked Arrow Lake-S Refresh models.
Leak Reveals Performance Gains for Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus
According to Geekbench 6.5 results, the processor scored 3,535 points in single-core and 25,106 points in multi-core tests. The chip features 8 Lion Cove performance cores and 16 Skymont efficiency cores.
Its overall configuration and specifications are almost identical to the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K. The main differences are higher clock speeds and native support for faster DDR5 memory on the 290K Plus model.
These new benchmark results are higher than previously leaked scores and suggest that the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus is around 10% faster in single-core performance and about 11% faster in multi-core performance compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K. For reference, the 285K scores around 3,202 points in single-core and 23,397 points in multi-core tests.
The Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus is expected to reach up to 5.8 GHz on performance cores and 4.8 GHz on efficiency cores. It will support DDR5 memory up to 7,200 MT/s natively and is rumored to have a TDP of 250 watts. By comparison, the Core Ultra 9 285K tops out at 5.7 GHz on P-cores and 4.6 GHz on E-cores.
More official details should emerge closer to launch, but these numbers suggest a modest yet clear performance improvement for Intel’s next high-end desktop CPU.
