Intel Core Ultra 7 268V “Lunar Lake” Shows Impressive Single-Core Performance In Early Review

Vietnamese YouTuber benchmarks the Intel Core Ultra 7 268V "Lunar Lake" chip, revealing the true potential of the 8c/8t CPU in various tests.

With better single-core performance than Ryzen AI HX 370, the Intel Core Ultra 268V "Lunar Lake" CPU shines in various tests

The Intel Lunar Lake mobile chips were launched on 3rd September but the laptops based on these chips are going to debut next week on the 24th. The Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V CPUs bring a combination of Lion Cove P-Cores and Skymont E-Cores to ensure maximum power efficiency. While we only have information on the performance and efficiency of these chips from the company itself, an early review has revealed what it will be like to use a Core Ultra 200V processor.

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The Vietnamese YouTube channel: ThinkView has benchmarked the Intel Core Ultra 7 268V "Lunar Lake" CPU on a Dell XPS 13 laptop against its rivals from AMD and Apple and we can see that the 268V is delivering some impressive results, which outperforms AMD chips in both numbers and power efficiency. The laptop used for the test was the Dell XPS 13 9350, featuring Core Ultra 7 268V, 32 GB LPDDR5X-8533 memory, and Windows 11 Home OS.

As we can see from the table, the Intel Core Ultra 268V at 15W was dominating both the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 at 21W and Apple M3 at 6W in single-core performance numbers. The 268V is not only delivering a slightly higher score but it's doing it by being more power-efficient than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Still, the Apple M3 remains unbeatable in the efficiency department.

However, this wasn't the case with the multi-threaded performance as the Core Ultra 268V didn't achieve a competitive score against the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen Z1 Extreme. It should be kept in mind that