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Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs i7 1165G7

59 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
VS
39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Intel Core i7 1165G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 258V with 8-cores against the 1.2-2.8 GHz i7 1165G7 with 4-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 1165G7 and 258V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 4 years later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 140V integrated graphics: 4 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2745 vs 2027 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 258V
vs
Core i7 1165G7

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 588
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 911
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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 1020 MB/sec 423.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.1 Klines/sec 39.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.7 pages/sec 100.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 295.6 Mpixels/sec 166.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 276.7 pages/sec 199.9 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 27.4 images/sec
Photo processing 113.9 images/sec 42.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 7.05 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 557 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 42.9 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 19.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 185M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.6M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 5.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 176.6 MBytes/sec 101.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1565 Frames/sec 692 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2133 & 11101 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 17.2 PPW 7.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291.9 PPW 194.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 510.4 PPW 348.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.48 PPW 2.17 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 7 258V
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (THINKPAD T16 GEN4)Cinebench 2024122 / 584
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Matty)Cinebench 2024113 / 512
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-15 -> maheshkondrajuGeekbench 6 CPU2869 / 11446
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Intel Core i7 1165G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Kroducer)Cinebench 2026588 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU1718 / 3599
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V and i7 1165G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Tiger Lake
Model number 258V i7-1165G7
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Intel CPU rating (#88th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 1.2-2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 4
Total Threads 8 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 12-28x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 12-28 W (configurable)
Socket FCBGA-2833 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1950 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs - 48
ROPs - 24
Execution Units - 96
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 258V +100%
4 TFLOPS
Core i7 1165G7
2 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 258V official page Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 16

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Total votes: 9

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Comments

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