Intel Core Ultra X7 368H vs i7 14650HX

We compared two 16-core laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra X7 368H against the 2.2 GHz i7 14650HX. 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 14650HX and 368H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
  • More powerful Intel Arc B390 integrated graphics: 7.7 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Around 64 GB/s (71%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2881 vs 2622 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 14650HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 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)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 614
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3655
Cinebench Scores (92nd and 150th place)

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 1450 MB/sec 1340 MB/sec
Clang compilation 131.5 Klines/sec 126.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 459.5 pages/sec 397 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 512.1 Mpixels/sec 450.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 301.9 pages/sec 263.1 pages/sec
Background blur 71 images/sec 53.3 images/sec
Photo processing 177.8 images/sec 131.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 27.9 Mpixels/sec 27.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 94 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 87.6 GOps/sec 116.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 105.8 GOps/sec 84.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 325M Primes/sec 151M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 38.7M Strings/sec 43M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.5 GBytes/sec 22.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 317.4 MBytes/sec 398.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 2893 Frames/sec 2198 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.2B Matrices/sec 24.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 99 & 2045 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
274.63

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 52.1 PPW 18.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 646.9 PPW 277.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1328.8 PPW 608.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.91 PPW 4.99 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 X7 368H
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i7 14650HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-26 (Parsa)Cinebench 2026608 / 4949
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 -> AlteracGeekbench 6 CPU2666 / 15191
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-16 (Nouse)Cinebench 2026614 / 3655
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-09 (RAM)Cinebench 202474 / 1030
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-19 (Jonsson)Cinebench 2024115 / 1213

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra X7 368H and i7 14650HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 5, 2026 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 368H i7-14650HX
Integrated GPU Arc B390 UHD Graphics (16EU)
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
Intel CPU rating (41st and 82nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 16
Total Threads 16 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 22x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 30MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 157 W
Socket FCBGA2540 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (49th and 102nd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc B390 Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 1536 256
TMUs 48 16
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 12 32
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
7.7 TFLOPS
0.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra X7 368H official page Intel Core i7 14650HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 20

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