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Rate My PC: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V + AMD Radeon 860M

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89 Score

Top 11% Ranking

89 / 100

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Power Build

Top 11% of systems. Excellent for 1440p Ultra or 4K High gaming.

1440p Ultra4K High

System Balance Analysis

CPU vs GPU performance ratio

Well Balanced

CPU

86%

GPU

93%

PROCESSOR

Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

23,219 Benchmark Score

Top 14% Market Ranking

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GRAPHICS CARD

AMD Radeon 860M

26,401 Benchmark Score

Top 7% Market Ranking

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Market Position

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Budget

0-30

Mid-Range

30-60

High-End

60-85

Enthusiast

85-100

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Strong Performance

Excellent for 1440p gaming. Most games will run at high/ultra settings smoothly.

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Performance Tiers Explained

90-100

Ultimate

4K Ultra gaming, VR ready, ray tracing enabled, professional workloads

4K 60+ FPS VR Ready

70-89

High-End

1440p Ultra or 4K High settings, excellent for modern AAA titles

1440p Ultra 4K High

50-69

Mid-Range

1080p Ultra or 1440p Medium, great value for most gamers

1080p Ultra 1440p Med

30-49

Entry Level

1080p Medium settings, suitable for eSports and older titles

1080p Med eSports

0-29

Legacy

Basic gaming, older titles, consider upgrading for modern games

720p-1080p Low Older Games

The Intel Core Ultra 9 288V paired with the AMD Radeon 860M is a laptop-class combination designed for high-efficiency mobile computing. The data confirms this is a balanced pairing where the CPU is the dominant performer, while the GPU provides competent integrated graphics suitable for mainstream tasks and light gaming. The combined system percentile of 74 indicates a solidly above-average laptop configuration, though the absence of measured FPS data means all gaming performance figures presented here are estimates derived from synthetic benchmark scores.

Gaming Performance

This specific CPU+GPU combination has no measured FPS rows in the database. Consequently, all frame rate expectations discussed below are analytical estimates based on the benchmark scores of the AMD Radeon 860M, and the absence of direct measurement should be treated as a significant caveat for any purchasing decision.

The AMD Radeon 860M achieves a Geekbench Vulkan score of 30043 and an OpenCL score of 22759. These numbers place the GPU at the 72nd percentile of all GPUs, which suggests it is a capable integrated solution but firmly in the entry-level discrete GPU territory for gaming. The GPU’s nearest rival data shows a delta of -0.1% against the NVIDIA GeForce MX550, a classic entry-level discrete laptop GPU, and a 0.3% delta against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, which indicates the 860M is essentially comparable to these parts in raw compute terms.

For 1080p gaming with ultra settings, the expectation based on the compute scores is that this iGPU will handle esports titles and older or less demanding games at playable frame rates, likely in the 30-60 FPS range. For modern AAA titles, the 512 shading units and 16 ROPs will struggle to maintain consistent 60 FPS at ultra settings; the estimated frame rate would likely drop below 30 FPS in the most demanding scenes. The GPU’s boost clock of 3000 MHz is high for an integrated part, which helps, but the “System Shared” memory configuration means performance is heavily dependent on the system’s LPDDR5X RAM bandwidth of 136.5 GB/s and its latency.

At 1440p, the estimates become less favorable. The pixel rate of 48.00 GPixel/s and texture rate of 96.00 GTexel/s are insufficient for high-resolution ultra settings in demanding titles. The likely outcome is a need to reduce settings to medium or low to achieve playable frame rates. Given the data, this is not a 1440p gaming machine for modern titles. It is best positioned for 1080p gaming with adjusted settings or for playing less graphically intensive games at native resolution.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU benchmarks paint a clear picture of a highly efficient but modest multi-core performer. The Intel Core Ultra 9 288V scores 10178 points in Cinebench R23 multi-core and 1950 points in single-core. The single-core score is excellent, placing the CPU at the 76th percentile of all CPUs, and indicates strong responsiveness for everyday tasks and lightly-threaded applications.

The multi-core score of 10178 is relatively modest compared to desktop processors, which is expected for a 30W TDP mobile part. However, the average benchmark score of 23219 places it in direct competition with much larger desktop chips. The nearest rivals list shows a delta of -0.2% against the Intel Core i9-11900F and -0.2% against the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, both of which are 8-core desktop processors with much higher power envelopes. This is a significant achievement for the 288V, indicating that its performance-per-watt is exceptional.

On the GPU side, the Radeon 860M’s average benchmark score of 26401 places it at the 72nd percentile. The OpenCL score of 22759 and Vulkan score of 30043 are strong for an integrated GPU. The comparison to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (deltaPct 0.3%) is notable; although they are in the same score bracket, the RTX 5060 is a discrete desktop GPU, and the 860M’s performance is likely more limited by shared memory bandwidth in real-world gaming scenarios than the synthetic scores suggest.

The combined picture is one of a laptop that excels at CPU-intensive productivity tasks where single-thread performance matters, and offers GPU performance that is a significant step up from older integrated graphics but still below the threshold for high-end gaming. The overall combined percentile of 74 reflects this balanced but not extreme performance profile.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The platform is defined by the CPU’s socket, Intel BGA 2833, which is a soldered mobile socket. This means the CPU is not upgradeable; the system is a closed unit. The memory support is exclusively LPDDR5X, which is also soldered onto the motherboard. This further restricts upgrades, as the RAM cannot be replaced or expanded.

The CPU provides PCIe Gen 5 with 4 lanes, which is primarily intended for connecting a high-speed SSD. The GPU uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, which is adequate for its performance class. The system’s PSU headroom is indicated by the CPU’s 30W TDP and the GPU’s 15W TDP. The combined thermal and power envelope is very low, meaning there is no concern about PSU capacity in a laptop context; the system is designed for battery efficiency.

A sensible next upgrade for this platform is essentially limited to storage. Replacing the system’s NVMe SSD with a larger or faster Gen 5 drive is the most impactful user-serviceable change. Given the soldered nature of the CPU, RAM, and GPU, the laptop is best viewed as a sealed appliance where the initial configuration is the final configuration. The only other upgrade path is external, via the PCIe lanes, potentially using an external GPU enclosure, though this would be constrained by the limited 4-lane Gen 5 connection.

Who Should Build It

This configuration targets users who prioritize portability and battery life without sacrificing CPU responsiveness. The strong single-core performance (1950 in R23 single-core) makes it ideal for students and small business workstations where office productivity, web browsing, and spreadsheet analysis are the primary tasks. The high single-thread score ensures these applications feel snappy.

Content creators who work primarily with photo editing or light video editing may find it suitable, but the multi-core score of 10178 will be a bottleneck for heavy 4K video rendering or complex 3D modeling. The GPU’s 72nd percentile ranking means it can handle basic GPU-accelerated effects in Adobe software, but it is not a workstation-grade solution. Developers compiling code will appreciate the fast single-core performance, and the Passmark data encryption score of 14141 indicates decent capability for security-related tasks.

For gamers, this is a 1080p entry-level machine. It will run esports titles like CS:GO or League of Legends at high frame rates, and it can handle older AAA games at medium settings. It is not suitable for high-refresh-rate 1440p gaming or for playing the latest AAA titles at high settings. The target user is someone who games occasionally rather than as a primary hobby. The 8-thread CPU and 512-shader GPU make it a balanced companion for a professional who needs a reliable laptop for work and plays games during downtime.

Balance and Bottleneck

The bottleneck analysis is clear: the GPU is the limiting factor for gaming workloads, while the CPU is the limiting factor for heavy multi-threaded productivity.

Evidence for the GPU bottleneck in gaming comes from the FPS scaling expectations. The CPU’s single-core performance is in the 76th percentile, which is more than sufficient to feed the GPU in most gaming scenarios. The GPU’s 72nd percentile score, while not far behind, shows it is the weaker link. In a demanding game at 1080p ultra, the estimated frame rate would be constrained by the GPU’s 3.072 TFLOPS of FP32 compute and 16 ROPs, not by the CPU’s ability to process game logic. The CPU would likely be waiting for the GPU to finish rendering frames.

However, in multi-threaded workloads like video encoding or 3D rendering, the CPU becomes the bottleneck. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 10178 is low compared to high-core-count desktop parts, and the 8-core/8-thread configuration means there is no hyper-threading to help with parallel tasks. In such scenarios, the GPU’s compute power is not fully utilized because the CPU cannot feed it data fast enough. The Passmark multi-thread score of 19810 and integer math score of 44019 confirm that this CPU is not designed for heavy parallel processing.

The memory architecture also plays a role. The CPU’s dual-channel LPDDR5X with 136.5 GB/s bandwidth is shared with the GPU. In gaming, this shared bandwidth can become a secondary bottleneck, as the GPU must compete with the CPU for memory access. This is a common limitation of integrated graphics and explains why the GPU’s real-world gaming performance may fall below its synthetic compute potential.

GPU Analysis

The AMD Radeon 860M is an integrated GPU based on the RDNA 3.5 architecture, built on a 4 nm process by TSMC. It features 512 shading units, 32 texture mapping units, and 16 raster output pipelines. The GPU operates at a base clock of 600 MHz and a boost clock of 3000 MHz. This high boost clock is crucial for extracting performance from the relatively low shader count.

The memory configuration is “System Shared,” meaning it uses a portion of the system’s LPDDR5X RAM. The bus width and bandwidth are listed as “System Dependent,” but the CPU’s memory bandwidth of 136.5 GB/s is the practical ceiling. This shared memory setup is the single biggest limitation for the GPU, as it introduces latency and bandwidth constraints that dedicated VRAM does not have.

For ray tracing, the GPU includes 8 RT cores, and the API support includes DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6. This makes the GPU technically capable of hardware-accelerated ray tracing, but the low compute throughput (3.072 TFLOPS FP32) means ray-traced effects will have a significant performance impact, likely making them unusable at playable frame rates in demanding titles. The FP16 performance is identical to FP32 at 3.072 TFLOPS (1:1), which is unusual and indicates a lack of dedicated tensor or matrix acceleration hardware.

The benchmark results show a Geekbench OpenCL score of 22759 and a Vulkan score of 30043. The higher Vulkan score suggests the GPU is efficient in modern graphics APIs. The nearest rival data shows it is 0.3% faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 in average score, but this is misleading. The RTX 5060 has its own dedicated VRAM and much higher power budget, so in real gaming, the 860M will perform significantly worse. The comparison to the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 (delta -0.1%) is more realistic for gaming expectations. For rendering, the 3.072 TFLOPS of FP32 compute is enough for basic 3D previews in Blender or CAD software but will be slow for final renders.

FAQ

Q: What is the combined performance percentile of this CPU and GPU pairing?

A: The combined percentile for the Intel Core Ultra 9 288V and AMD Radeon 860M is 74, indicating it outperforms the majority of laptop configurations in the database.

Q: How does the CPU compare to the Intel Core i9-11900F?

A: The Core Ultra 9 288V has an average benchmark score of 23219, which is 0.2% lower than the Intel Core i9-11900F’s score of 23254, making them nearly equivalent in overall CPU performance.

Q: What is the GPU’s memory configuration?

A: The AMD Radeon 860M uses “System Shared” memory, meaning it shares the system’s LPDDR5X RAM, with bandwidth described as “System Dependent” and a practical limit from the CPU’s 136.5 GB/s memory bandwidth.

Q: Is the CPU upgradeable?

A: No, the Intel Core Ultra 9 288V uses the Intel BGA 2833 socket, which is a soldered mobile socket, making CPU upgrades impossible.

Q: What DirectX version does the GPU support?

A: The AMD Radeon 860M supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), along with Vulkan 1.4 and OpenGL 4.6.

Q: What is the CPU’s single-core Cinebench R23 score?

A: The CPU scores 1950 points in Cinebench R23 single-core, which is a strong result and places the CPU at the 76th percentile of all CPUs.

Q: What is the GPU’s boost clock speed?

A: The AMD Radeon 860M has a boost clock of 3000 MHz, which is a high frequency for an integrated GPU and helps compensate for its 512 shading units.

Build Overview

This is a laptop-class build, combining Intel’s Core Ultra Series 2 mobile processor with AMD’s integrated Radeon 860M graphics. The combination is defined by its low power consumption—the CPU has a 30W TDP and the GPU a 15W TDP—making it an ultra-portable and battery-efficient solution. The overall tier of this build is above average, with a combined percentile of 74.

The pairing is fundamentally a CPU-centric design. The Core Ultra 9 288V is the star of the show, with a 76th percentile CPU ranking, while the Radeon 860M is a supporting actor at the 72nd GPU percentile. This is not a high-performance gaming laptop, nor is it a workstation. It is a premium ultrabook configuration that prioritizes responsiveness and efficiency over raw multi-core and graphics muscle. The 8-core, 8-thread Lunar Lake CPU delivers exceptional single-thread performance for its power class, and the Radeon 860M provides a significant upgrade over basic integrated graphics, enabling light gaming and hardware-accelerated content creation. This system is best described as a high-efficiency all-rounder for professionals and students who need a capable, portable machine for daily tasks and occasional creative or gaming workloads.

CPU Analysis

The Intel Core Ultra 9 288V is a mobile processor from the Core Ultra Series 2, built on the Lunar Lake architecture using a 3 nm process from TSMC. It has 8 cores and 8 threads, with no hyper-threading. The base clock is 3.30 GHz, and the boost clock reaches 5.10 GHz. This high boost clock is the key to its strong single-core performance.

The cache hierarchy includes 192 KB of L1 cache per core, 2.5 MB of L2 cache per core, and a shared 12 MB L3 cache. This cache configuration is designed to feed the high clock speeds efficiently. The CPU supports LPDDR5X memory in a dual-channel configuration, providing a memory bandwidth of 136.5 GB/s. This memory bandwidth is crucial for both the CPU’s general operation and the performance of the integrated GPU.

Benchmark results show this CPU is a single-thread monster. The Cinebench R23 single-core score of 1950 is exceptionally high, and the Passmark single-thread score of 4274 confirms this. The multi-core score of 10178 in Cinebench R23 is more modest, but the average benchmark score of 23219 is competitive with desktop parts like the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H and Intel Core i9-11900F, both of which have higher power draws. The Passmark physics score of 1637 and find prime numbers score of 195 are low, further indicating that this is not a CPU for heavy parallel compute tasks. The data encryption score of 14141 and data compression score of 186521 show strong performance in security and data handling tasks, making it a good fit for business applications. The 76th percentile ranking versus all CPUs reflects that while it is not a top-tier multi-core part, its overall average performance, driven by excellent single-thread scores, places it well above the majority of processors.

Rate My PC: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V + AMD Radeon 860M

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System Balance Analysis

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AMD Radeon 860M

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