Intel Core Ultra 9 285H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor comparison: performance score, cores and clock speeds, cache, TDP, integrated graphics and NPU. The better value in each row is highlighted in green.
Summary
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H offers a lower TDP (45 W vs 55 W), more integrated graphics units (8 vs 4), and higher AI performance (99 vs 36 TOPS). Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus offers more cores (24 vs 16), more threads (24 vs 16), a higher clock speed (5.5 GHz vs 5.4 GHz), and more L3 cache (36 MB vs 24 MB).
Performance score
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Key specs
Cores & Threads16/16
Cores & Threads24/24
Turbo5.4 GHz
Turbo5.5 GHz
L3 cache24 MB
L3 cache36 MB
TDP45 W
TDP55 W
iGPUIntel Arc 140T
iGPUIntel Graphics
General
SeriesSeries 2
SeriesSeries 2
CodenameArrow Lake
CodenameArrow Lake
CPU architectureLion Cove, Skymont
CPU architectureLion Cove, Skymont
FoundryTSMC
FoundryTSMC
Process nodeTSMC N3B (3 nm)
Process nodeTSMC N3B (3 nm)
Instruction setx86-64
Instruction setx86-64
Release dateJanuary 6, 2025
Release dateMarch 17, 2026
Cores and clocks
Cores & Threads16/16
Cores & Threads24/24
6× P-cores
- Turbo clock
- 5.4 GHz
- Base clock
- 2.9 GHz
8× P-cores
- Turbo clock
- 5.5 GHz
- Base clock
- 2.7 GHz
8× E-cores
- Turbo clock
- 4.5 GHz
- Base clock
- 2.7 GHz
16× E-cores
- Turbo clock
- 4.7 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.8 GHz
2× LPE-cores
- Turbo clock
- 2.5 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.0 GHz
Cache
L3 cache24 MB
L3 cache36 MB
L2 cache28 MB
L2 cache40 MB
L1 cache2496 KB
L1 cache3584 KB
TDP
TDP45 W
TDP55 W
Min. - Max.35 - 115 W
Min. - Max.45 - 160 W
Max temperature110 °C
Max temperature105 °C
Connectivity
Memory supportLPDDR5x-8400LPDDR5-8400DDR5-6400
Memory supportDDR5-6400
Memory channels2
Memory channels2
PCIe version5.0, 4.0
PCIe version5.0, 4.0
PCIe lanes8, 20
PCIe lanes20, 4
Graphics
ModelIntel Arc 140T
ModelIntel Graphics
iGPU architectureXe-LPG+
iGPU architectureXe-LPG
Execution units8
Execution units4
Clock2350 MHz
Clock2000 MHz
AI
Total TOPS99
Total TOPS36
NPU TOPS13
NPU TOPS13
iGPU TOPS77
iGPU TOPS8