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Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs Intel Xeon 678X

	CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus	CPU Intel Xeon 678X
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2026	Feb 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Server
Instruction Set	x86-64
Core Architecture	Arrow Lake	Granite Rapids
Processor Number	290HX
Integrated Graphics	Arc Graphics (4-Cores)	N/A
Generation	Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)	Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)
Series		Intel Xeon 6 processors
Package
Transistor Count	17.8 billions
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	5 nm
Socket	FCBGA-2114	Intel Socket 4710
Power Consumption	45-55 W	300 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	160 W
Peak Operating Temperature	105 °C	98°C
Foundry	TSMC	Intel
Die Size	243 mm²	2x598 mm²
Package	FC-BGA	FC-LGA18N
I/O Process Size		10 nm
I/O Die Size		2x 241
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	48
Performance Core Threads	8	96
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.5 GHz	4.9 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	48
Total Thread Count	24	96
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	27	24.0
L1 Cache	192 K per core	112 KB per core
L2 Cache	3 MB per core	2 MB per core
L3 Cache	36 MB shared	192 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
SMP	1	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-6400	DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size	256 GB	4 TB
Max Memory Channels	2	8
Max Memory Bandwidth	102.4 GB/s	409.6 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 ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5
PCIe Lanes	24	128
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3196	2986
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	21569	34711