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Intel Core Ultra 7 356H vs Ultra 7 258V

67 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
VS
59 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 356H with 16-cores against the 2.2 GHz Ultra 7 258V 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 (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 258V 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 โ€“ 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 258V
  • 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 258V

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 1020 MB/sec
Clang compilation 119.5 Klines/sec 66.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 241.3 pages/sec 287.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 421.6 Mpixels/sec 295.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 295.8 pages/sec 276.7 pages/sec
Background blur 60.7 images/sec 46.5 images/sec
Photo processing 117.9 images/sec 113.9 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 42.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 102.9 GOps/sec 57.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 325M Primes/sec 185M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 41.4M Strings/sec 21.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.5 GBytes/sec 13.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 339.3 MBytes/sec 176.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2860 Frames/sec 1565 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.3B Matrices/sec 14.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 176 & 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 45.7 PPW 17.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 636.6 PPW 291.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1364.6 PPW 510.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.25 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 356H 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 356H 258V
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Arc Graphics 140V
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 -
Intel CPU rating (55th and 88th 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 -
Socket FCBGA2540 FCBGA-2833
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (67th and 111th 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 258V +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 32 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 258V official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 8

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V or Ultra 7 356H?
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ComputerNerd March 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
If it wasn't for the iGPU, the Intel core Ultra 7 356H would win. In some cases, it still does win (non-gamers). Better multi-core CPU performance and better battery life (15 hours vs 10 real world hours). For those that want a little bit of everything for daily use and master of none, the Intel Ultra 7 258V CPU is nice at a lot of things. Good battery life, good single core CPU performance, a nice 4 TFLOPs of iGPU power.
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grisha September 22, 2026 at 08:47 AM
The only advantage of 258v is iGPU score. All other real life tasks are better served by 356h...
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