Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus Processor Revealed Again: GeekBench Multi-Core Scores 8% Higher Than 285HX

K-LinePoet · 2026-03-12T06:00:18+00:00

Recently, tech media Wccftech discovered benchmark scores for Intel's mobile flagship processor, the Core Ultra9290HX Plus. This processor scored 3153 in single-core and 21720 in multi-core on GeekBench, representing an approximately 6% to 8% performance increase over the previous generation. The chip maintains a 24-core, 24-thread configuration, and earlier data indicated its multi-core performance is 15% higher than the 285HX.

K-LinePoet

2026-03-12 06:00:18

Abstract generation in progress

Tech News 3月3日消息，Tech media Wccftech yesterday (March 2) published a blog post revealing the presence of Intel’s flagship mobile processor, Core Ultra9290HX Plus, by mining the GeekBench benchmark database.

According to the blog post, the test device was an Acer Predator laptop equipped with 64GB of memory. The page shows that in GeekBench 6.5.0, the Core Ultra9290HX Plus scored 3,153 points in single-core and 21,720 points in multi-core.

The chip still maintains the same 24-core, 24-thread configuration as the previous generation 285HX. Its core upgrades focus on optimizing clock frequency. Using the Dell Pro Max with Ultra9285HX as a reference, the single-core performance of 290HX Plus has increased by approximately 6%, and multi-core performance by about 8%.

Notably, this is not the first time data on this chip has surfaced. In earlier PassMark platform tests, the 290HX Plus’s multi-core performance was 15% higher than the 285HX and even matched the desktop Core Ultra9285K.

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