Component comparison

Core Ultra 7 256V vs Core Ultra 7 165H

Core Ultra 7 256V vs Core Ultra 7 165H โ€” detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.

Advantages

A Core Ultra 7 256V
  • + Release year (+1)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
  • + Normalized score (+25.0)
B Core Ultra 7 165H
  • + Cores (+8)
  • + Threads (+14)
  • + Base clock (GHz) (+1.60 GHz)
  • + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.20 GHz)
  • + L3 cache (MB) (+12 MB)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+11 W)
  • + Critical temp (ยฐC) (+10 ยฐC)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
Core Ultra 7 256V
Component B
Core Ultra 7 165H
Release year 2024 (+1) 2023
Cores 8 16 (+8)
Threads 8 22 (+14)
Base clock (GHz) 2.20 GHz 3.80 GHz (+1.60 GHz)
Boost clock (GHz) 4.80 GHz 5.00 GHz (+0.20 GHz)
L1 cache (KB) โ€” โ€”
L2 cache (KB) โ€” โ€”
L3 cache (MB) 12 MB 24 MB (+12 MB)
Bandwidth (GB/s) โ€” โ€”
Memory channels โ€” โ€”
Max memory (GB) โ€” โ€”
TGP / TDP (W) 17 W 28 W (+11 W)
Lithography (nm) 3 nm (-4 nm) 7 nm
Critical temp (ยฐC) 100 ยฐC 110 ยฐC (+10 ยฐC)
PassMark (overall) โ€” 25,856
PassMark (single-thread) โ€” โ€”
Geekbench 5 (single-core) 2,408 โ€”
Geekbench 5 (multi-core) 9,600 โ€”
Normalized score 83.9 (+25.0) 58.9

In both

AVX AVX2 AES-NI VT-x VT-d
Based on the comparison: Core Ultra 7 165H wins 7 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

๐Ÿค” How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) โ†” price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) โ†” overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) โ†” battery life (median 2.8).

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