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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:
124th fastest in multithreading out of 5822 CPUs
7th fastest in single threading out of 5822 CPUs
23rd fastest in out of 1557 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: NA
| Integer Math | 182,470 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 237,549 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 592 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 88,755 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 59,151 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 769,124 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 3,779 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 59,409 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 5,127 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus | 67,481 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,410 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,252 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,935 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 23,685 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,844 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,595 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,075 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,677 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,642 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,130 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 161.17 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 144.67 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 124.55 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 117.85 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 107.88 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 60.54 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 45.20 | |
| 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 | 5,127 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,693 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,599 | |
| Apple M4 10 Core | 4,514 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,885 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,675 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,489 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,366 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,913 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,560 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3315131 - Feb 27 2026 | 68420 | |
| BL3313090 - Feb 26 2026 | 66680 | |
| BL3310528 - Feb 25 2026 | 67342 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,426 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,122 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,266 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus | 10,611 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,523 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,388 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,373 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus | 10,291 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,257 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,163 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,792 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,443 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,412 |
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