Intel Core i5 8250U vs Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2017
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Kaby Lake R
Arrow Lake
Processor Number
i5-8250U
290HX
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 620
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Generation
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Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
3 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
FCBGA-2114
Power Consumption
15 W
45-55 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
105 °C
Transistor Count
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17.8 billions
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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160 W
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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243 mm²
Package
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FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
8
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.6 GHz
2.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.4 GHz
5.5 GHz
Total Core Count
4
24
Total Thread Count
8
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
16x
27
L1 Cache
64 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
36 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Efficiency Cores
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16
Efficiency Core Threads
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16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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4.7 GHz
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
32 GB
256 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
37.5 GB/s
102.4 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1100 MHz
2000 MHz
Shader Units
192
512
Texture Units
24
32
Raster Operation Units
3
16
Execution Units
24
64
Power Consumption
15 W
14
Max Resolution
4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
12
24
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
898
2,237
Cinebench R23
3,085
38,581
Geekbench 6
1,191
3,196
Geekbench 5
853
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Geekbench 6
3,252
21,569
Geekbench 5
2,825
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Blender
53
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Passmark CPU
1,905
5,006
Passmark CPU
5,888
66,051
Cinebench 2024
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126
Cinebench 2024
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2,218
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.