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Intel Core Ultra 7 256V vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 435

58 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 5 435
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
AMD Ryzen AI 5 435

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 256V with 8-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 5 435 with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 435 and 256V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 140V integrated graphics: 4 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 5 435
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 256V
vs
Ryzen AI 5 435

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 974.9 MB/sec 900 MB/sec
Clang compilation 67.7 Klines/sec 61.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 260.1 pages/sec 211.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 282.1 Mpixels/sec 281.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 298.1 pages/sec 287.4 pages/sec
Background blur 50.8 images/sec 50.8 images/sec
Photo processing 105.2 images/sec 94.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 15.2 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 43.2 GOps/sec 60 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.4 GOps/sec 40.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 191M Primes/sec 57M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.4M Strings/sec 24.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14 GBytes/sec 11 GBytes/sec
Data compression 184.5 MBytes/sec 225.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1590 Frames/sec 1042 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 16.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 672 & 21 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 15.7 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 290.1 PPW 184.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 526.3 PPW 347.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.35 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 256V and AMD Ryzen AI 5 435

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 4, 2024 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number 256V 435
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Radeon 840M
Intel CPU rating (#94th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#84th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 3
P-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 3
E-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W -
Socket FCBGA-2833 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (119th and 136th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Radeon 840M
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 1024 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 4
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 256V +186%
4 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 5 435
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 840M compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 256V official page AMD Ryzen AI 5 435 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 14

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Comments

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