Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HS
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2026
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Arrow Lake
Rembrandt
Processor Number
290HX
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Integrated Graphics
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Radeon 680M
Generation
Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
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Package
Transistor Count
17.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
3 nm
6 nm
Socket
FCBGA-2114
FP7
Power Consumption
45-55 W
35 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
160 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
105 °C
95 °C
Foundry
TSMC
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Die Size
243 mm²
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Package
FC-BGA
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
8
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.5 GHz
5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
16
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Efficiency Core Threads
16
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
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Total Core Count
24
8
Total Thread Count
24
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
27
33x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
3 MB per core
512 K per core
L3 Cache
36 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
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Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-6400
DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
256 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
102.4 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
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Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
2000 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2000 MHz
2400 MHz
Shader Units
512
768
Texture Units
32
48
Raster Operation Units
16
32
Execution Units
64
12
Power Consumption
14
15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
24
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,237
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Cinebench R23
38,581
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Geekbench 6
3,196
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Geekbench 6
21,569
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Cinebench 2024
126
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Cinebench 2024
2,218
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Passmark CPU
5,006
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Passmark CPU
66,051
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.