Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus Leaks Hint at 11% Multicore Boost for Arrow Lake Refresh

Leaks show Intel's Core Ultra 9 290K Plus, the Arrow Lake Refresh flagship, delivering a 10% higher single-core and 11% higher multi-core Geekbench 6 score than the 285K (24 cores/24 threads, base 3.7 GHz, boosts up to 5.8/4.8 GHz, 36 MB L3 / 40 MB L2, DDR5-7200, 125W/250W); gaming is expected to be similar to the 285K. Against AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D it’s 4% faster in single-core and 13% faster in multi-core. The lineup looks to clear 800-series inventory before Nova Lake-S (LGA 1954), with a $589 price listed.