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Intel Core Ultra 7 356H vs Ultra 7 256V

67 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
VS
58 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 356H with 16-cores against the 2.2 GHz Ultra 7 256V with 8-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 256V and 356H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 140V integrated graphics: 4 vs 2.5 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 356H
vs
Core Ultra 7 256V

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4053 -
Cinebench Scores (#122nd 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 1200 MB/sec 974.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 119.5 Klines/sec 67.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 241.3 pages/sec 260.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 421.6 Mpixels/sec 282.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 295.8 pages/sec 298.1 pages/sec
Background blur 60.7 images/sec 50.8 images/sec
Photo processing 117.9 images/sec 105.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.9 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 83 GOps/sec 43.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 102.9 GOps/sec 58.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 325M Primes/sec 191M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 41.4M Strings/sec 22.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.5 GBytes/sec 14 GBytes/sec
Data compression 339.3 MBytes/sec 184.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 2860 Frames/sec 1590 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.3B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 176 & 672 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 45.7 PPW 15.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 636.6 PPW 290.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1364.6 PPW 526.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.25 PPW 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 356H and Ultra 7 256V

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 356H 256V
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Arc Graphics 140V
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 -
Intel CPU rating (55th and 94th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.9 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 4
E-Threads 12 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 8
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 19x 22x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2560K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (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) 80 W 37 W
Socket FCBGA2540 FCBGA-2833
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (67th and 119th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Intel Arc Graphics 140V
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 600 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2450 MHz 1950 MHz
Shading Units 512 1024
TMUs 32 -
ROPs 16 -
Execution Units 4 -
TGP 25 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 356H
2.5 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 7 256V +60%
4 TFLOPS
More info: Arc 140V compared to Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533
- DDR5-7200		 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 356H official page Intel Core Ultra 7 256V official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 8

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4 (80%)
1 (20%)
Total votes: 5

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Comments

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