Benchmarks of Intel's upcoming Lunar Lake CPU, the Core Ultra 7 256V, have leaked out within Geekbench.
Intel's Core Ultra 7 256V "Lunar Lake" 17W CPU Outperforms 28W AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS In Geekbench
The Intel Core Ultra 7 256V CPU is part of the upcoming Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake" family and will be one of the fastest SKUs featuring up to 8 cores based on the Lion Cove P-Core & Skymont E-Core architectures.
Starting with the specifications, there are 8 cores (4P+4E), 8 threads, 12 MB of L3 cache, clocks rated at 2.20 GHz base, up to 4.8 GHz boost, and 16 GB of on-package LPDDR5X-8533 memory. The chip will be equipped with an Arc 140V iGPU with up to 8 Xe2 cores clocked at 1.95 GHz & the chip will have TDPs configured at 17W PL1 and 30W PL2.
The CPU was tested by Lenovo for an upcoming laptop using the "Balanced" Power Plan. The clock speeds ranged from 4.7-4.8 GHz which is on par with its maximum boost clock of 4.8 GHz. This is not a final retail SKU but rather an engineering sample so we can expect the final models to feature even better performance than what would be demonstrated here.
Coming to the performance numbers, the Intel Core Ultra 7 256V "Lunar Lake" CPU scored 2608 points in single-core and 10,506 points in multi-core tests. The single-core performance sees a 10% improvement over the Core Ultra 7 155U & even manages to outperform the AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS which has a higher 28W TDP by default. It manages to beat the Core Ultra 7 155U in multi-thread tests by 11% while leading over the Ryzen chip by 10%.
Geekbench 6.3.0 CPU MT Test (Higher is Better)
The fact is that Lunar Lake CPUs are rated at much lower TDPs, 17W versus the 28W+ TDPs of the Phoenix & Hawk Point CPUs tested here. Plus if you factor in the early nature of this chip, we can expect even better performance which would be great for thin and light platforms. The Intel Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" Laptop CPUs are expected to launch in September, two months after AMD launches its Ryzen AI 300 "Strix" platforms.
Intel Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" CPU Lineup:
| SKU Name | Cores / Threads | Cache (LLC) | P-Core / E-Core Boost | GPU (Max Clock) | PL1/Min/MTP | Memory Configuration | NPU / XMX (GPU) TOPs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Ultra 9 288V | 8/8 | 12 MB | 5.1 / 3.7 GHz | Arc 140V @ 2.05 GHz | 30/17/37W | 32 GB (2R) LPDDR5X | 48/67 |
| Core Ultra 7 268V | 8/8 | 12 MB | 5.0 / 3.7 GHz | Arc 140V @ 2.00 GHz | 17/8/37W | 32 GB (2R) LPDDR5X | 48/66 |
| Core Ultra 7 266V | 8/8 | 12 MB | 5.0 / 3.7 GHz | Arc 140V @ 2.00 GHz | 17/8/37W | 16 GB (1R) LPDDR5X | 48/66 |
| Core Ultra 7 258V | 8/8 | 12 MB | 4.8 / 3.7 GHz | Arc 140V @ 1.95 GHz | 17/8/37W | 32 GB (2R) LPDDR5X | 47/64 |
| Core Ultra 7 256V | 8/8 | 12 MB | 4.8 / 3.7 GHz | Arc 140V @ 1.95 GHz | 17/8/37W | 16 GB (1R) LPDDR5X | 47/64 |
| Core Ultra 5 238V | 8/8 | 8 MB | 4.7 / 3.5 GHz | Arc 130V @ 1.85 GHz | 17/8/37W | 32 GB (2R) LPDDR5X | 40/53 |
| Core Ultra 5 236V | 8/8 | 8 MB | 4.7 / 3.5 GHz | Arc 130V @ 1.85 GHz | 17/8/37W | 16 GB (1R) LPDDR5X | 40/53 |
| Core Ultra 5 228V | 8/8 | 8 MB | 4.5 / 3.5 GHz | Arc 130V @ 1.85 GHz | 17/8/37W | 32 GB (2R) LPDDR5X | 40/53 |
| Core Ultra 5 226V | 8/8 | 8 MB | 4.5 / 3.5 GHz | Arc 130V @ 1.85 GHz | 17/8/37W | 16 GB (1R) LPDDR5X | 40/53 |
News Source: Benchleaks
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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