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Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D

	CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus	CPU AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965X3D
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2026	Jun 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	AMD
Type	Laptop	Server
Instruction Set	x86-64
Core Architecture	Arrow Lake	Granite Ridge
Processor Number	290HX
Integrated Graphics	Arc Graphics (4-Cores)	Radeon Graphics
Generation	Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)	Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Package
Transistor Count	17.8 billions	16.63 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	4 nm
Socket	FCBGA-2114	AMD Socket AM5
Power Consumption	45-55 W	170 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	160 W
Peak Operating Temperature	105 °C	95°C
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC
Die Size	243 mm²	2x70.6 mm²
Package	FC-BGA	FC-LGA1718
I/O Process Size		6 nm
I/O Die Size		122 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8
Performance Core Threads	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.7 GHz	4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.5 GHz	5.5 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	16
Total Thread Count	24	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	27	43.0
L1 Cache	192 K per core	80 KB per core
L2 Cache	3 MB per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	36 MB shared	128 MB
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
SMP	1	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-6400	DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size	256 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2000 MHz
Shader Units	512
Texture Units	32
Raster Operation Units	16
Execution Units	64
Power Consumption	14
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5
PCIe Lanes	24	24