The flagship CPU that Intel never released, the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus, has now been benchmarked & gives us an idea why it never entered retail segments. Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus Would Had Performed Similar To The Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, Leaving No Choice But To Scrap It The Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus was going to be the flagship chip within the Core Ultra 200S Plus "Arrow Lake Refresh" family. This chip was expected to retain the same configuration as the Core Ultra 9 285K, & would've offered 24 cores and 24 threads. The clock speeds were […]

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The reasons for skipping the flagship Arrow Lake Refresh CPU are unclear, but it does look incredibly impressive. Intel Core Ultra 9 290K Plus Scores 3747 Points in Single-Core and 26117 Points in Multi-Core Geekbench Tests, Bringing a Strong Uplift Over Ultra 9 285K Intel just launched its Arrow Lake Refresh lineup, but as you might know, the launch skipped the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus, which was supposedly the new flagship chip in the series. Intel unveiled the Core Ultra 7 and 5 series SKUs, bringing significant improvements in their specifications, delivering promising results. Unfortunately, the Core Ultra 9 […]

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