Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus Processor Test Results Appear Online: Up to 9% Faster Than 285K and 11% Ahead of 9950X3D in Multi-Threaded Tasks
Benchmarking results for Intel's flagship processor, the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus, have been recorded in Geekbench. The tests showed a performance increase of almost 10% in multi-threaded tasks. The chip's configuration is expected to remain the same: 24 cores and 24 threads, but with higher clock speeds and, likely, an increased TDP. The appearance of a new Arrow Lake-S die is unlikely.
In Geekbench, the processor showed:
- Base clock speed — 3.70 GHz;
- Maximum boost clock speed — up to 5.80 GHz (100 MHz higher than its predecessors).
Although the frequency increase doesn't promise a radical performance boost, if the price remains the same, it will be a noticeable improvement. Other processors in the Core Ultra 200S Plus lineup will also receive core configuration updates.
The test was conducted on a Gigabyte Z890 AORUS Tachyon ICE motherboard with 48 GB of DDR5-8000 memory — a flagship configuration.
Results in Geekbench 6.5.0:
- Single-core test — 3,456 points;
- Multi-core test — 24,610 points.
Compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K, the new processor shows:
- A 7% increase in single-threaded tasks;
- A 9% increase in multi-threaded tasks.
When compared to AMD's fastest chip — the Ryzen 9 9950X3D — the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus has:
- A 2% advantage in single-threaded tests;
- An 11% advantage in multi-threaded tests.
The gaming performance of the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus is likely not to differ significantly from the Core Ultra 9 285K. Meanwhile, AMD chips with 3D V-Cache technology maintain a noticeable advantage in games.
The release of this series is intended to help sell off remaining 800-series motherboards before the launch of the next-generation platform — Nova Lake-S with the new LGA 1954 socket.