An Indian retailer just leaked Intel's Arrow Lake refresh lineup with specs for the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus and Core Ultra 7 270K Plus chips. Prime abgb posted full details showing the 290K Plus keeps the same 24-core layout as the current 285K but bumps max clock speeds by 100 MHz to 5.6 GHz, plus it gets Thermal Velocity Boost up to 5.8 GHz and DDR5-7200 support.
The 270K Plus pulls a move similar to what Intel did with the 13700K to 14700K jump by adding four extra efficiency cores for 24 total threads while maintaining the same clock speeds as the 265K. Both chips show up as in stock, but the retailer wants people to call for pricing instead of listing actual numbers.
Intel apparently plans to drop these at CES 2026 in a few weeks, and the company will probably price them close to current models to stay competitive against AMD's Ryzen 9000 chips that still lead in gaming performance.
The 270K Plus pulls a move similar to what Intel did with the 13700K to 14700K jump by adding four extra efficiency cores for 24 total threads while maintaining the same clock speeds as the 265K. Both chips show up as in stock, but the retailer wants people to call for pricing instead of listing actual numbers.
Intel apparently plans to drop these at CES 2026 in a few weeks, and the company will probably price them close to current models to stay competitive against AMD's Ryzen 9000 chips that still lead in gaming performance.
