Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus

Measured performance for Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus across 24 verified WhatFPS runs. Every number is measured in our benchmark suite — not estimated, not self-reported. CPU score (the processor's own performance): 15,558 in its best run — the best of 2 measured rigs, #2 of 108 measured processors. The average over each rig's best run is 15,437. 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.

The measurements below come from the same run as the headline score. View the run

Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus across four graphics APIs

  • Earth II (Vulkan): 2.4 FPS
  • Mission to Earth II (DirectX 12): 38.8 FPS
  • Earth II Landing (DirectX 12 Ultimate, ray tracing + mesh shaders + VRS, locked 4K): 39.7 FPS
  • Supernova (DirectX 11, draw call storm): 94.6 FPS

Specifications

  • Cores / threads: 24 / 24
  • Base clock: 2,700 MHz
  • Measured peak clock: 6,870 MHz
  • L3 cache: 36 MB
  • L2 cache: 4,096 KB

Raw values

  • Integer (MT): 14.6 Gop/s
  • Single-thread (1T): 0.94 Gop/s
  • Draw calls/s (DX11): 11,343,956

What the numbers mean

The headline score is the part's best measured run, and the measurements under it come from that same run. It shows what the part has been proven to do — not what an average rig gets out of it. 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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