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Intel Core Ultra 7 355 vs Ultra 7 258V

60 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
VS
59 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Intel Core Ultra 7 355
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 355 against the 2.2 GHz Ultra 7 258V. 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 258V and 355
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 355
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-7467 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 2 versus 3 nanometers
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 140V integrated graphics: 4 vs 2.6 TFLOPS
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 355
vs
Core Ultra 7 258V

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 1050 MB/sec 1020 MB/sec
Clang compilation 74.6 Klines/sec 66.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 264 pages/sec 287.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 293.7 Mpixels/sec 295.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 293.2 pages/sec 276.7 pages/sec
Background blur 50.3 images/sec 46.5 images/sec
Photo processing 122.1 images/sec 113.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.4 Mpixels/sec 14 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 43.9 GOps/sec 42.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 60.1 GOps/sec 57.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 187M Primes/sec 185M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.5M Strings/sec 21.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.8 GBytes/sec 13.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.1 MBytes/sec 176.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1901 Frames/sec 1565 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.2B Matrices/sec 14.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 143 & 2133 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 30.4 PPW 17.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 456.7 PPW 291.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 810.4 PPW 510.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.06 PPW 3.48 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
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๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-18 (THINKPAD T16 GEN4)Cinebench 2024122 / 584
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Matty)Cinebench 2024113 / 512
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU2869 / 11446
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 355 and Ultra 7 258V

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 5, 2026 September 4, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Lunar Lake
Model number 355 258V
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics Arc Graphics 140V
Intel CPU rating (78th and 88th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 22x
L1 Cache - 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (shared) 2560K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 17-37 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket FCBGA2540 FCBGA-2833
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (96th and 111th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 600 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1950 MHz
Shading Units 512 1024
TMUs 32 -
ROPs 16 -
Execution Units 4 -
TGP 25 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 355
2.6 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 7 258V +54%
4 TFLOPS
More info: Arc 140V compared to Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 355 official page Intel Core Ultra 7 258V official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 8

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Comments

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