While Panther Lake was the focus of Intel’s data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/ces” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/ces”>CES 2026 presence, the company will also refresh its current-gen Arrow Lake lineup for both desktops and laptops soon. We’ve already seen these data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-upcoming-arrow-lake-desktop-refresh-detailed-in-new-leak-core-ultra-290k-plus-270k-plus-and-250k-plus-will-ship-with-improved-clocks-and-more-e-cores-along-with-ddr5-7200-support” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intels-upcoming-arrow-lake-desktop-refresh-detailed-in-new-leak-core-ultra-290k-plus-270k-plus-and-250k-plus-will-ship-with-improved-clocks-and-more-e-cores-along-with-ddr5-7200-support”>”Plus” processors in a few leaks, including a data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/geekbench-leak-sees-intels-upcoming-core-ultra-7-270k-comfortably-ahead-of-core-ultra-265k-alleged-result-shows-arrow-lake-refresh-chip-5-6-percent-ahead-of-the-265k” target=”_blank” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/geekbench-leak-sees-intels-upcoming-core-ultra-7-270k-comfortably-ahead-of-core-ultra-265k-alleged-result-shows-arrow-lake-refresh-chip-5-6-percent-ahead-of-the-265k”>Geekbench listing, but a mobile SKU has been spotted in PassMark for the first time ever: the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+Ultra+9+290HX+Plus&id=7148″ target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+Ultra+9+290HX+Plus&id=7148″ referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, succeeding the outgoing Core Ultra 9 285HX.
The Arrow Lake refresh scored 5,009 points in the single-core test, the highest for any x86 CPU on the site,…
