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Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX

CPU CPU
General Parameters
Release Date Jan 2026 Jan 2025
Manufacturer Intel Amd
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Core Architecture Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Fire Range)
Processor Number 290HX 9850HX
Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 610M
Generation Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Series Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count 17.8 billions
Manufacturing Process 3 nm 4 nm
Socket FCBGA-2114 FL1
Power Consumption 45-55 W 55-75 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption 160 W 101 W
Peak Operating Temperature 105 °C 100 °C
Foundry TSMC
Die Size 243 mm²
Package FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores 8 12
Performance Core Threads 8 24
Performance Core Base Frequency 2.7 GHz 3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency 5.5 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores 16
Efficiency Core Threads 16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency 1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency 4.7 GHz
Total Core Count 24 12
Total Thread Count 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 27 30
L1 Cache 192 K per core 80 K per core
L2 Cache 3 MB per core 1 MB per core
L3 Cache 36 MB shared 64 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes
SMP 1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types DDR5-6400 DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size 256 GB 96 GB
Max Memory Channels 2 2
Max Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support No No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics true true
GPU Base Frequency 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency 2000 MHz 2200 MHz
Shader Units 512 128
Texture Units 32 8
Raster Operation Units 16 4
Execution Units 64 2
Power Consumption 14 15
Miscellaneous
Official Website Official Link ↗ Official Link ↗
PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
PCIe Lanes 24 28
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core 2237 1878
Cinebench R23 Multi Core 38581 26711
Geekbench 6 Single Core 3196 2935
Geekbench 6 Multi Core 21569 15177