As we inch closer to CES 2026 next month, the rumor mill surrounding Intel's upcoming Arrow Lake refresh churns intensely. Just a few days ago, we covered the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus appearing on Geekbench for the first time, and now that same chip, alongside the rumored flagship Core Ultra 9 290K Plus, has been spotted at a retailer. Obligatory grain-of-salt disclaimer aside, these listings don't reveal much anyway.
Both processors were scouted by veteran tipster @momomo_us at a popular Indian vendor named Prime ABGB, replete with 3-year warranties, but they were curiously listed without any identifiers. For instance, the Intel Product Code — similar to AMD's OPNs — is mentioned on the box and can be easily noted down to put up in the listing, so the lackthereof suggests that perhaps these are just preliminary entries, rather than a leak of any official information.
