Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus vs Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics
Short answer: which is best?
Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus is 119.6 % stronger than Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics. Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus ranks #2 of 108 measured processors at WhatFPS (15,558 CPU score in its best run — best of 2 rigs, 24 verified runs). Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics ranks #70 of 108 measured processors at WhatFPS (7,084 CPU score in its best run — best of 2 rigs, 2 verified runs). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 26 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus | Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics |
|---|---|---|
| CPU score, best run (the processor's own performance) | 15,558 | 7,084 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 10,383 | 2,811 |
| Integer (MT) | 14.6 Gop/s | 4 Gop/s |
| Single-thread (1T) | 0.94 Gop/s | 0.5 Gop/s |
| Draw calls/s (DX11) | 11,343,956 | 6,683,519 |
| Cores / threads | 24 / 24 | 8 / 16 |
| L3 cache | 36 MB | 8 MB |
Fragz' verdict
Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus has the higher CPU score, with a 119.6 % lead over Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics. Since single-thread usually sets the FPS ceiling in games, you will see the advantage in the 0.94 Gop/s versus 0.5 Gop/s result. You get much more throughput for streaming, compiling and background load with 14.6 Gop/s compared to 4 Gop/s in the integer test. When there is a lot on screen, the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus delivers 11,343,956 draw calls per second while the Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics provides 6,683,519. This translates to better performance in a full DX11 scene like Supernova, where the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus hits 94.6 FPS and the Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics reaches 55.7 FPS. Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus is highest in every performance test we ran.
Generated November 14, 2026 from the 26 verified runs available then. The verdict is never silently rewritten — new numbers get a new verdict.
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 CPU score is the processor's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the processor in, and leans heavily on the graphics card. A strong processor in a weak PC gets a low GAMING score without being worse. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus · All measurements for Ryzen 7 4800H with Radeon Graphics