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Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

59 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
VS
72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 258V with 8-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with 12-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 (2)

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 370 and 258V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 5.9 vs 4 TFLOPS
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2985 vs 2745 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 258V
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 475
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5200
Cinebench Scores (#103rd place)
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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 1020 MB/sec 1340 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.1 Klines/sec 139.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.7 pages/sec 335.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 295.6 Mpixels/sec 468.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 276.7 pages/sec 322.1 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 63.8 images/sec
Photo processing 113.9 images/sec 124.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 33.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 42.9 GOps/sec 122.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 76.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 185M Primes/sec 127M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.6M Strings/sec 48.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 176.6 MBytes/sec 442.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1565 Frames/sec 1881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 31.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2133 & 3074 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 17.2 PPW 23 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291.9 PPW 295.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 510.4 PPW 647.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.48 PPW 5.21 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 7 258V
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (THINKPAD T16 GEN4)Cinebench 2024122 / 584
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Matty)Cinebench 2024113 / 512
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU2869 / 11446
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AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-26 (Nvdya)Cinebench 2024114 / 1135
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Peterr)Cinebench 2024117 / 962
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 CPU2904 / 15532
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Asus Tuf FA608WI)Cinebench 2024104 / 1050
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-15 (Urxelix)Cinebench 2024116 / 1217
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released September 4, 2024 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number 258V 370
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
Intel CPU rating (#88th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 12
Total Threads 8 24
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) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Socket FCBGA-2833 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (111th and 42nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1024
TMUs - 64
ROPs - 32
Execution Units - 16
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 258V
4 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +48%
5.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 258V official page AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 or Intel Core Ultra 7 258V?
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Lazuardian May 29, 2025 at 01:31 PM
I hope nano review can make battery test in casual usage, work usage, game usage, and creative usage
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ComputerNerd March 21, 2025 at 02:58 AM
The Intel Core Ultra 7 258V is a bit outclassed in this situation. Outside of single core performance and low wattage use, it gets destroyed in all other measurements by the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. A better comparison would be the Intel core Ultra 9 285HX vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.
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