Intel basically ghosted everyone at CES regarding their refresh chips, but benchmarks for the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus just leaked anyway. Hardware vendors listed the upcoming Arrow Lake parts even though the company focused exclusively on Panther Lake during the main show. Corporate reps dodged questions by telling curious minds to wait for future updates.
This specific mobile processor features 24 cores split between eight performance units and sixteen efficiency ones. It clocks slightly higher than the previous 285HX flagship while keeping the base frequency around 3.10 GHz. The die seemingly retains the standard 55W base power draw along with 36 MB of L3 cache.
Tests run on an Acer Predator Helios 18 NEO laptop produced some seriously impressive numbers for a portable rig. Single-core scores hit 3198 while multi-core results climbed all the way to 21,581. These figures put the mobile chip within striking distance of desktop heavyweights like the Ryzen 9 9950X3D.
The HX series essentially crams desktop power into a laptop chassis without changing much architecture. Leakers expect the full refresh lineup to drop sometime soon despite the silence.
This specific mobile processor features 24 cores split between eight performance units and sixteen efficiency ones. It clocks slightly higher than the previous 285HX flagship while keeping the base frequency around 3.10 GHz. The die seemingly retains the standard 55W base power draw along with 36 MB of L3 cache.
Tests run on an Acer Predator Helios 18 NEO laptop produced some seriously impressive numbers for a portable rig. Single-core scores hit 3198 while multi-core results climbed all the way to 21,581. These figures put the mobile chip within striking distance of desktop heavyweights like the Ryzen 9 9950X3D.
The HX series essentially crams desktop power into a laptop chassis without changing much architecture. Leakers expect the full refresh lineup to drop sometime soon despite the silence.
