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Intel Core Ultra 7 258V vs i7 1355U

59 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
VS
49 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1355U
Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
Intel Core i7 1355U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 258V with 8-cores against the 1.7 GHz i7 1355U with 10-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 1355U and 258V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 140V integrated graphics: 4 vs 2 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 8 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2745 vs 2466 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1355U
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 258V
vs
Core i7 1355U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 519.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 66.1 Klines/sec 58.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 287.7 pages/sec 159 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 295.6 Mpixels/sec 219.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 276.7 pages/sec 221.5 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 33.4 images/sec
Photo processing 113.9 images/sec 64.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 12.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 653 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 7 258V +36%
18885
Core i7 1355U
13850
Integer math 42.9 GOps/sec 50.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 57.4 GOps/sec 33.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 185M Primes/sec 48M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.6M Strings/sec 17.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.5 GBytes/sec 9.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 176.6 MBytes/sec 152.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1565 Frames/sec 844 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.7B Matrices/sec 8.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2133 & 3976 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 7 258V +36%
128.8
Core i7 1355U
94.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.2 PPW 33.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291.9 PPW 503.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 510.4 PPW 923.3 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.48 PPW 6.32 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
Add View all (3)
Intel Core i7 1355U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-28 (Linode)Geekbench 6 CPU2435 / 7355
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 258V and i7 1355U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 258V i7-1355U
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
Intel CPU rating (88th and 159th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.2 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 17x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (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) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 55 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Intel Iris Xe Graphics (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 1355U
2 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 258V official page Intel Core i7 1355U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 20

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Total votes: 13

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Comments

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