Intel Core Ultra 9 288V vs Ultra 7 266V

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 288V against the 2.2 GHz Ultra 7 266V. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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 266V and 288V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
  • Supports up to 32 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

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

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 990.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 67.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 278.5 pages/sec 264.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 290.7 Mpixels/sec 290.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 312.1 pages/sec 310.4 pages/sec
Background blur 49.8 images/sec 50.8 images/sec
Photo processing 117 images/sec 110.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 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 44 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 59.5 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 194M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 22.6M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 186.1 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1634 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3]500 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 PPW 15.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 299.2 PPW 294.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 534.6 PPW -
Blender / Watt 3.63 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V and Ultra 7 266V

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 September 4, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Lunar Lake
Model number 288V 266V
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Arc Graphics 140V
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 366H
Intel CPU rating (72nd and 87th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 22x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2560K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 17-37 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 37 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 FCBGA-2833
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (83rd and 110th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Intel Arc Graphics 140V
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 600 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1024
TGP 30 W 30 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.2 TFLOPS
4.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5X-8533
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 288V official page Intel Core Ultra 7 266V official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 8

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