While Panther Lake was the focus of Intel's 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 "Plus" processors in a few leaks, including a Geekbench listing, but a mobile SKU has been spotted in PassMark for the first time ever: the 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, and within the margin of error of the desktop Core Ultra 9 285K and Core Ultra 7 270K Plus. It seems to be the first x86 mobile chip to break the 5,000 points barrier as well, since the next-in-line 285HX only managed 4,635 points, making the 290HX Plus 7.5% faster than its predecessor.
