We have shared before Core Ultra 9 290K Plus of Geekbench running scores, and Possible selling price for Arrow Lake Refresh, for those who plan to upgradecomputerFor high-level players, they will definitely consider waiting to see this one, but there is bad news. According to the latest information obtained by foreign media, in Arrow Lake Refresh In the series,Intel The launch of the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus appears to have been independently canceled.
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It is rumored that Intel has canceled the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus processor because the performance is too close to the Ultra 7 270K Plus?
Foreign media VideoCardz reported that according to two of their sources, Intel is reported to have canceled its Core Ultra 9 290K Plus desktop processor. The reason is that it will shift its strategy to “a balance between performance and price.” However, there is no detailed explanation, so it is not sure whether it means that the production cost of Ultra 9 290K Plus is too high, resulting in a higher selling price.
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It is also added that Intel plans to continue to retain the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus and Core Ultra 5 250K Plus in the product line, which means that the highest-end processor in the Arrow Lake Refresh series will be the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus.
There have been two Ultra 9 290K Plus running scores on Geekbench, and they were tested on different platforms. The latest scores look quite reasonable, not like early engineering samples.
So no matter how you look at it, it makes people think that Intel has actually prepared this processor. It feels really weird to suddenly cut it off right before publication.
The more reasonable reason is that the gap between Ultra 9 290K Plus and Ultra 7 270K Plus is not very big, so we decided to retain the more affordable latter. Of course, this is just my personal conjecture.
For reference, Ultra 9 290K Plus and Ultra 7 270K Plus are both rumored to be equipped with 24 cores. Most of the specifications are the same, except that Ultra 9 290K Plus has a slightly higher clock speed.
VideoCardz also mentioned that the real core problem is that the product stack is too overlapping. If the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus is launched, Intel will have several SKUs in the high-end desktop market that use full 24-core Arrow Lake chips.
Here are the currently rumored models and specs for the Arrow Lake Refresh series:
| Arrow Lake Refresh Specifications | Ultra 9 290K Plus (cancelled) | Ultra 7 270K Plus (new) | Ultra 5 250K Plus (new) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cores (P+E) | 8P＋16E | 8P＋16E | 6P＋12E |
| TVB | 5.8 GHz | — | — |
| Turbo Boost Max | 5.6 GHz | 5.5 GHz | — |
| P-Core Turbo | 5.6 GHz | 5.4 GHz | 5.3 GHz |
| E-Core Turbo | 4.8 GHz | 4.7 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| P-Core Base | 3.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| E-Core Base | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| memory support | DDR5-7200 | DDR5-7200 | DDR5-7200 |
| Basic power consumption | 125 W | 125 W | 125 W |
| Maximum acceleration power consumption | 250 W | 250 W | 159 W |
Source: KOCPC Chinese