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Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs Intel Core i9 10940X

	CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus	CPU Intel Core i9 10940X
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2026	Oct 2019
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Arrow Lake	Cascade Lake
Processor Number	290HX	i9-10940X
Integrated Graphics	Arc Graphics (4-Cores)	N/A
Generation	Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Package
Transistor Count	17.8 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	14 nm
Socket	FCBGA-2114	LGA-2066
Power Consumption	45-55 W	165 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	160 W
Peak Operating Temperature	105 °C	86 °C
Foundry	TSMC
Die Size	243 mm²
Package	FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	14
Performance Core Threads	8	28
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.7 GHz	3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.5 GHz	4.6 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	14
Total Thread Count	24	28
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	27	33x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	3 MB per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	36 MB shared	20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
SMP	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-6400	DDR4-2933
Max Memory Size	256 GB	256 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	4
Max Memory Bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	93.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
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 ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	24	48
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2237	1234
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	38581	21309
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3196	1471
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	21569	11287
Passmark CPU Single Core	5006	2686
Passmark CPU Multi Core	66051	27907