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Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs Intel Core i7 12850HX

	CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus	CPU Intel Core i7 12850HX
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2026	May 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Arrow Lake	Alder Lake-HX
Processor Number	290HX	i7-12850HX
Integrated Graphics	Arc Graphics (4-Cores)	UHD Graphics (32EU)
Generation	Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Package
Transistor Count	17.8 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	10 nm
Socket	FCBGA-2114	BGA-1744
Power Consumption	45-55 W	45-55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	160 W
Peak Operating Temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Foundry	TSMC
Die Size	243 mm²
Package	FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	8
Performance Core Threads	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.7 GHz	2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.5 GHz	4.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores	16	8
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	24
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	27	21x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	3 MB per core	1280 K per core
L3 Cache	36 MB shared	25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
SMP	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-6400	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	256 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2000 MHz	1450 MHz
Shader Units	512	256
Texture Units	32	16
Raster Operation Units	16	8
Execution Units	64	32
Power Consumption	14	45 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	24	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2237	1704
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	38581	16286
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3196	2217
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	21569	12173
Passmark CPU Single Core	5006	3686
Passmark CPU Multi Core	66051	29839