Intel Core Ultra 5 238V vs Ultra 5 235H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 238V with 8-cores against the 2.4 GHz Ultra 5 235H with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 235H and 238V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 3.3 TFLOPS
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#160th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 997.5 MB/sec 1020 MB/sec
Clang compilation 63 Klines/sec 117.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 266.1 pages/sec 289.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 283.1 Mpixels/sec 334.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 293.2 pages/sec 283.4 pages/sec
Background blur 47 images/sec 66.1 images/sec
Photo processing 104.7 images/sec 115.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.9 Mpixels/sec 24.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math - 74.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 93.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 240M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 36.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 23.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 302.9 MBytes/sec
Physics - 1985 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 23.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 192 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.9 PPW 35 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 279.2 PPW 486.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 1076.8 PPW
Blender / Watt - 6.84 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 5 238V
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-08-13 (TheShifty6)Cinebench 2024122 / 979

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 238V and Ultra 5 235H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 January 6, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Arrow Lake
Model number 238V 235H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130V Arc Graphics 140T
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 240
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 338H -
Intel CPU rating (104th and 63rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 14
Total Threads 8 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 24x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 100°C 110°C
Laptop processors ranking (140th and 73rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 130V Arc Graphics 140T
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 2250 MHz
Shading Units 896 1024
TMUs - 64
ROPs - 32
Execution Units - 8
TGP 30 W 35 W
iGPU FLOPS
3.3 TFLOPS
4.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 238V official page Intel Core Ultra 5 235H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 28

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