Home > CPU Comparison > Core Ultra 7 258V or Core Ultra 7 165U: what's better?

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Ultra 7 165U

59 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
VS
50 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 258V with 8-cores against the 1.7 GHz Ultra 7 165U 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

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
NanoReview Final Score
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
πŸ”Œ Usage Scenario:

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 165U and 258V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 7 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 140V integrated graphics: 4 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 9 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2745 vs 2383 points
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-7467 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 258V
vs
Core Ultra 7 165U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Submit your benchmark results

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 991.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.1 Klines/sec 69.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.7 pages/sec 238.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 295.6 Mpixels/sec 284.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 276.7 pages/sec 239.3 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 41.7 images/sec
Photo processing 113.9 images/sec 93.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 14.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 12 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 56.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 39.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 185M Primes/sec 66M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.6M Strings/sec 20.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 11.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 176.6 MBytes/sec 182.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1565 Frames/sec 1116 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 10.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2133 & 1485 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 34 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291.9 PPW 651.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 510.4 PPW 1110.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.48 PPW 7.53 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
Add View all (3)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
No benchmark results yet
Add

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V and Ultra 7 165U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 December 14, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Meteor Lake
Model number 258V 165U
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 8840U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Intel CPU rating (88th and 149th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 10
E-Threads 4 10
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 12
Total Threads 8 14
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 17x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 57 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (111th and 197th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 1024 512
TMUs - 32
ROPs - 16
Execution Units - 64
TGP 30 W 14 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 258V +100%
4 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 7 165U
2 TFLOPS
More info: Arc iGPU (4-Cores) compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-7467
- LPDDR5x-7467
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 258V official page Intel Core Ultra 7 165U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 20

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
11 (78.6%)
3 (21.4%)
Total votes: 14

Competitors

1. Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
2. Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H (10)
3. Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
4. Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-80-100) (3)
5. Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
6. Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
7. Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
8. Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
9. Intel Core Ultra 7 165U vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
10. Intel Core Ultra 7 165U vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
Compare other CPUs (460+)

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core Ultra 7 165U or Ultra 7 258V?
🌐 Register your profile and become part of NanoReview community!
EnglishРусский