Prime ABGB, and Indian computer hardware store, has inadvertently revealed "Arrow Lake Refresh" desktop processor specifications several weeks in advance of a much-anticipated early 2026 launch. Details of Intel's upcoming "Core Ultra 9 290K Plus" and " Core Ultra 7 270K Plus " SKUs have mostly tumbled out from benchmark database entries, but momomo_us's latest discovery indicates a prepping of launch stock through retail channels. Prime ABGB's listings to not offer any pricing information, but comprehensive spec tables—kindly collated below, by VideoCardz—and renders of familiar black box designs are still present on the webstore (at the time of writing).

An overview of the unreleased flagship "ARL-S Refresh" chip states: "(this) first SKU is the Core Ultra 290K Plus, which will be replacing the current-gen Core Ultra 285K . It has the same 8P+16E core count, but the P-Core turbo has been bumped 100 MHz to 5.6 GHz, and the E-Core now turbos at up to 4.8 GHz, up from 4.6 GHz." The other overview seems to contain/retain placeholder information: "(the) 270K Plus appears to be part of the Arrow Lake‑S Refresh for desktops from Intel. It is positioned as an enhancement over the existing 265K (and possibly 285K) models with higher core counts and faster memory support." According to recent whispers, a third "Arrow Lake-S Refresh" option—Core Ultra 5 250K—is expected to serve as a successor to the current/non-Plus generation's upper-mid-range Core Ultra 5 245K model. Given recent leak rate upticks , PC hardware news outlets reckon that the Core Ultra 200K Plus processor series will be released following an official introduction at CES 2026.