Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus

Measured performance for Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus across 19 verified WhatFPS runs. Every number is measured in our benchmark suite — not estimated, not self-reported. CPU score (the processor's own performance): 15,437 on average over the best run per rig, best run 15,558 — #3 of 67 measured processors. The best rig we measured it in scored 10,383 GAMING (that number reflects the whole PC, not just Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus). Most often paired with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPU.

Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus across four graphics APIs

  • Earth II (Vulkan): 17.5 FPS
  • Mission to Earth II (DirectX 12): 41.2 FPS
  • Earth II Landing (DirectX 12 Ultimate, ray tracing + mesh shaders + VRS, locked 4K): 42 FPS
  • Supernova (DirectX 11, draw call storm): 101.5 FPS

Specifications

  • Cores / threads: 24 / 24
  • Base clock: 2,700 MHz
  • Measured peak clock: 6,947 MHz
  • L3 cache: 36 MB
  • L2 cache: 4,096 KB

Raw values

  • Integer (MT): 13.6 Gop/s
  • Single-thread (1T): 0.94 Gop/s
  • Draw calls/s (DX11): 12,178,907

What the numbers mean

The GAMING score is a geometric mean of GPU (63 %), CPU (30 %), RAM (5 %) and drive (2 %) — a weak part cannot hide behind a strong one. The CPU score is the hardware's own performance and what we rank on. Every run is HMAC-signed in the app and scored on the server. The full methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

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