Intel Arrow Lake Refresh now in stock at first retailer
Fortunately or not, Intel is following its plans to launch new SKUs for its desktop platforms.
An Indian retailer has posted product pages for two unannounced Intel desktop CPUs, complete with a spec table. Prime ABGB lists the Core Ultra 9 290K Plus and Core Ultra 7 270K Plus as Arrow Lake Refresh parts, and both pages are marked “Call for Price.”
What makes the listings odd is how little retail information is actually there. There is no price, and the pages do not show the usual product identifiers you would expect on a pre-launch listing. The “SKU” field also looks like it is just the CPU name, not an Intel product code, which is typically the one detail retailers can pull straight off the box.
Source: Prime ABGB
If the specs shown on the pages are accurate, they line up with what has been floating around for Arrow Lake-S refresh. The Core Ultra 9 290K Plus is listed with up to 5.8 GHz via Thermal Velocity Boost, while the Core Ultra 7 270K Plus is listed with a 5.5 GHz max boost.
Prime ABGB’s spec tables also describe both CPUs as 24-core parts, using an 8P + 16E configuration. For the 290K Plus, the page claims ~5.6 GHz P-core max turbo and up to ~4.8 GHz on E-cores, plus DDR5-7200 support and up to ~250 W max turbo power. For the 270K Plus, the page lists the same 8P + 16E layout, plus ~5.50 GHz max boost on P-cores and ~4.70 GHz on E-cores, along with DDR5-7200 and ~125 W / ~250 W power limits.
Source: Prime ABGB
The listings were first spotted by X user @momomo_us. For now, treat the “in stock” status and the spec blocks as unverified, since this is a pre-launch situation and the pages are missing the usual retail identifiers that help validate early listings. But if you are around, it wouldn’t hurt to ask if they can sell you one, obviously this retailer does not appear to care about embargo.
Core Ultra 200K+ series are set to launch at CES 2026, so it is very likely that stock is already being distributed among retailers.
| Arrow Lake vs Arrow Lake Refresh | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | Ultra 9 290K Plus🆕 | Ultra 9 285K | Ultra 7 270K Plus🆕 | Ultra 7 265K | Ultra 5 250K Plus🆕 | Ultra 5 245K |
| Cores (P+E) | 8P+16E | 8P+16E | 8P+16E | 8P+12E | 6P+12E | 6P+8E |
| TVB | 5.8 GHz | 5.7 GHz | – | – | – | – |
| Turbo Boost Max | 5.6 GHz | 5.6 GHz | 5.5 GHz | 5.5 GHz | – | – |
| P-Core Turbo | 5.6 GHz | 5.5 GHz | 5.4 GHz | 5.4 GHz | 5.3 GHz | 5.2 GHz |
| E-Core Turbo | 4.8 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 4.7 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 4.7 GHz | 4.6 GHz |
| P-Core Base | 3.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz | 3.9 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| E-Core Base | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 3.2 GHz | 3.3 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Memory Support | DDR5-7200 | DDR5-6400 | DDR5-7200 | DDR5-6400 | DDR5-7200 | DDR5-6400 |
| Base Power | 125 W | 125 W | 125 W | 125 W | 125 W | 125 W |
| Max Turbo Power | 250 W | 250 W | 250 W | 250 W | 159 W | 159 W |
Source: @momomo_us
