Intel's Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 7 258V" has been compared to AMD's Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU, and it manages to outshine the competition.
Intel's Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 7 258V" Manages To Provide Optimal Performance Against The AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Intel's newest mobile platform, the "Core Ultra 200V" mobile CPUs, disrupted the markets upon arrival, offering unmatched performance and power efficiency. Just recently, Intel's CEO Pat Gelsinger stated that Lunar Lake will dethrone the dominance created by ARM-based SoCs, and from its looks, Team Blue is also coming for AMD's Ryzen offerings. According to benchmarks shared by GawroskiT on X, Intel's Lunar Lake Core Ultra 7 258V has surpassed AMD's Ryzen Z1 Extreme at AoTS benchmarks.
Comparison of lunarlake vs Z1 extreme handheld.
This 4-core of lion cove and 4-ecore skymont are almost 1.5-2x faster then 8core/16threads Zen 4 at low 30w power. pic.twitter.com/d0YHt3yOYG— Tomasz Gawroński (@GawroskiT) September 11, 2024
The surprising fact is that Intel's Lunar Lake SoC has come ahead of its Ryzen counterpart despite a disparity. For those unaware, the Core Ultra 7 258V features eight cores: four P-cores (Lion Cove) and four E-cores (Skymont Cores). On the other hand, AMD's Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU features an 8C/16T configuration, mainly utilized in handheld consoles. Gawroński says that Intel's Core Ultra 7 258V SoC provides 1.5 to 2x faster performance than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme, which is an exciting figure to quote.
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V "Lunar Lake":
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme "Zen 4":
Speaking of the actual benchmarks, the Intel Lunar Lake SoC provides an average performance difference of around 32%, reaching up to 49% in Normal Batch workloads. However, the disparity reduces when the workload intensity increases, so it won't be wise to conclude that there is a big gap between the two SoCs.
However, an important point to note is that the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V SoC is benchmarked in an environment that utilizes 32 GB memory, while the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme is confined to just 12 GB, so this might make things a bit unfair. AMD is also working on its next-gen Z2 Extreme and Z2 APUs which will be launching in early 2025 so it will be interesting to see the competition pick up again.
But, given that the Lunar Lake SoC would've been benchmarked in a laptop, the load is higher than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme, which is dominantly found in handhelds, so imbalances are present in the result. However, it's still quite optimistic to see Intel's Lunar Lake giving tough competition to AMD's counterparts on much lower TDPs. So, things do good for Intel regarding retail integration, especially in low-powered devices such as handhelds and compact devices.
About the author: Muhammad Zuhair is a hardware and technology reporter for Wccftech, specializing in the semiconductor industry and the complex interplay between technology, manufacturing, and geopolitics. His coverage focuses on the corporate strategies and technological roadmaps of industry giants like TSMC, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Intel. Zuhair's expertise lies in deconstructing complex topics such as fabrication nodes (e.g., 2nm process), the economic impact of policies like the CHIPS Act, and the strategic development of AI infrastructure from NVIDIA, AMD and Intel.
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