Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 9965
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2026
Jun 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Laptop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Arrow Lake
Granite Ridge
Processor Number
290HX
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Integrated Graphics
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Radeon Graphics
Generation
Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))
Package
Transistor Count
17.8 billions
16.63 billions
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
4 nm
Socket
FCBGA-2114
AMD Socket AM5
Power Consumption
45-55 W
170 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
2x70.6 mm²
Package
FC-BGA
FC-LGA1718
I/O Process Size
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6 nm
I/O Die Size
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122 mm²
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
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Performance Core Threads
8
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Performance Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
4.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.5 GHz
5.5 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
16
Total Thread Count
24
32
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
27
43.0
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
3 MB per core
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
36 MB shared
64 MB
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
1
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-6400
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
256 GB
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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
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2000 MHz
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Shader Units
512
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Texture Units
32
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Raster Operation Units
16
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Execution Units
64
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Power Consumption
14
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
5
PCIe Lanes
24
24
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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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.