Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2026
Jun 2024
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Arrow Lake
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
290HX
-
Integrated Graphics
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Radeon Graphics
Generation
Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Series
-
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Transistor Count
17.8 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
FCBGA-2114
AM5
Power Consumption
45-55 W
65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
160 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
95 °C
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Die Size
243 mm²
-
Package
FC-BGA
FC-LGA1718
I/O Process Size
-
6 nm
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
8
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.5 GHz
5.5 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
8
Total Thread Count
24
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
27
38
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
3 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
36 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
1
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-6400
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
256 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2000 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
512
-
Texture Units
32
-
Raster Operation Units
16
-
Execution Units
64
2
Power Consumption
14
-
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,237
2,160
Cinebench R23
38,581
19,539
Geekbench 6
3,196
3,333
Geekbench 6
21,569
17,500
Cinebench 2024
126
133
Cinebench 2024
2,218
1,115
Passmark CPU
5,006
4,627
Passmark CPU
66,051
37,369
Cinebench 2026
-
5,262