Intel Lunar Lake Review Roundup: Chipzilla Is Back With Strong Performance & Efficiency, Xe2 GPU Shines

Intel's Lunar Lake SoCs have finally debuted in the markets, and it looks like the reception from tech outlets has been superb, marking a big comeback for the blue team.

Intel's Lunar Lake CPUs Deliver Tremendous Performance Uplifts In Reviews, Great Efficiency & Graphics Performance Are The Highlights

Intel's Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V" or "Core Ultra Series2" has been highly anticipated as it was going to be a major turnaround for the blue team and it looks like hands-on reviews from various tech outlets agree that this is a return-to-form moment for Intel.

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In general, it's safe to say that the Intel CPU design team that worked on Lunar Lake + TSMC's process technologies has managed to nail out the platform's capabilities, with Team Blue bringing in efficiency, performance, and durability all in a single package. Intel certainly did hit the bullseye here.

Before we go into the reviews, we just want to slide in that our team is preparing an extensive review on Intel's Lunar Lake platform, including hands-on details and in-depth benchmarking, so make sure to keep your eyes open as it can drop by anytime.

So, starting, ETA Prime was one of the first tech YouTubers to showcase ASUS's Zenbook S14, featuring Intel's Lunar Lake Core Ultra 7 258V mobile chip. The SoC features eight cores: four P-cores (Lion Cove) and four E-cores (Skymont Cores), which can be categorized as a mid-tier chip in the lineup. For more in-depth details on Lunar Lake, you can head over to one of our previous coverages in the following links:

• Lunar Lake Architecture Deep-Dive
• Xe2 Graphics Architecture Deep-Dive
• Lunar Lake Launch Specs, Prices, Etc

We won't discuss the laptop model itself, given that the focus of the coverage is on the new Lunar Lake SoCs, but synthetic benchmarks shared by ETA Prime on Geekbench,