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Benchmarks for the Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.
Is the Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus Good for Gaming?
This is a newly released CPU that contains 24 Cores and 24 Threads. The Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus also has great single threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this is a high end chip that would be great for gaming. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket:
Total Cores: 24 Cores, 24 Threads
Performance Cores: 8 Cores, 8 Threads, NA Base, 5.8 GHz Turbo
Efficient Cores: 16 Cores, 16 Threads, NA Base, 4.8 GHz Turbo
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 64 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 3072 KB
L3 Cache: 36 MB
Cache per Eff. CPU Package:
Eff. L1 Instruction Cache: 16 x 64 KB
Eff. L1 Data Cache: 16 x 32 KB
Eff. L2 Cache: 4 x 4096 KB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 290K Plus
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2026
CPUmark/$Price: NA
Overall Rank:
178th fastest in multithreading out of 6040 CPUs
18th fastest in single threading out of 6040 CPUs
34th fastest in out of 1595 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: NA
| Integer Math | 166,194 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 214,760 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 503 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 79,744 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 52,563 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 698,346 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 3,315 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 52,338 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 4,823 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus | 60,860 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,196 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,065 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 34,287 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,573 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,821 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,539 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,025 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,649 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,650 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,120 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 145.48 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 126.79 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.12 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 110.61 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 103.82 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 92.46 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 80.56 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus | NA | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus | 4,823 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,690 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,595 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,492 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,882 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 3,761 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,672 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,485 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,366 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,908 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,557 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3373263 - Mar 25 2026 | 41000 | |
| BL3315131 - Feb 27 2026 | 68420 | |
| BL3313090 - Feb 26 2026 | 66680 | |
| BL3310528 - Feb 25 2026 | 67342 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 | 15,435 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D | 12,520 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,387 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,103 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 9755X3D | 12,028 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,259 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,686 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,512 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus | 10,510 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,379 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,353 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,052 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus | 9,145 |