Overview
- A Geekbench 6 entry attributed to the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus shows 3,535 single-core and 25,106 multi-core points on an Asus ROG Strix Z890-E system with 64GB of DDR5-6800.
- The leaked scores suggest roughly a 10% single-thread and 11% multi-thread uplift versus the Core Ultra 9 285K in this one run.
- Reports describe the chip as a 24-core (8P+16E) Arrow Lake Refresh flagship with modest clock increases, including about +100 MHz on P-core boosts and +200 MHz on E-core boosts.
- Outlets caution the results are preliminary because they come from a single pre-release test, and Intel has not confirmed SKUs or performance, with leak-based timing pointing to a March–April launch window.
- Separate retail listings in Europe show several Arrow Lake Refresh “Plus” SKUs at similar prices to current models and highlight a 24-core Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, though no 290K Plus listing or pricing has appeared yet.