Intel Core Ultra 7 258V “Lunar Lake” CPU Early Tests Reveal Arc 140V “Xe2” iGPU Performance On Par With GTX 1650
7/12/2024Intel Core Ultra 7 258V “Lunar Lake” CPU Early Tests Reveal Arc 140V “Xe2” iGPU Performance On Par With GTX 1650
Intel’s latest innovation, the Core Ultra 7 258V “Lunar Lake” CPU, has been put through its paces in the Geekbench Vulkan test, showcasing the impressive capabilities of its integrated Arc 140V “Xe2” iGPU. This early benchmark reveals that the iGPU’s performance is on par with NVIDIA’s GTX 1650, a notable achievement for integrated graphics.
Benchmark Insights: Arc 140V “Xe2” iGPU
The first performance benchmarks for the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V “Lunar Lake” CPU have surfaced on Geekbench 6. Conducted on an Intel reference evaluation platform for LNL-M chips, these tests suggest the chip is an engineering sample with the power plan set to “Balanced” mode. The platform was equipped with 32 GB of on-package LPDDR5x memory.
Specifications and Performance
The Intel Core Ultra 7 258V CPU boasts:
- 8 cores (4 P-Cores & 4 LP-E cores)
- 8 threads
- Boost clock of up to 4.8 GHz
- 12 MB of L3 cache
- Integrated Arc 140V iGPU clocked at 1.95 GHz
- TDP of 17W at PL1 and 30W at PL2
- Max NPU of 47 TOPS from the NPU and 64 TOPS from the GPU
In the Geekbench 6 Vulkan test, the Arc 140V iGPU scored 31,560 points, placing it in the same performance bracket as the AMD Radeon 780M iGPU, which is based on the RDNA 3 graphics architecture.
Competitive Landscape
Intel’s Lunar Lake CPUs are set to compete with AMD’s Ryzen AI 300 “Strix Point” APUs, which feature the RDNA 3.5 graphics architecture. These new Ryzen chips are expected to deliver faster performance due to architectural improvements and an increased number of compute units. The Xe2 Arc 140V GPUs, with 8 Xe2 cores, differ mainly in clock speeds, peaking at 2.05 GHz for the Core Ultra 9 288V.
Geekbench 6 Vulkan Scores (Higher is Better)
- GTX 1650 (50W / Laptop dGPU): 34,185
- Arc 140V (258V / Laptop iGPU): 34,181
- Radeon 780M (7940HS / Laptop iGPU): 31,665
- Arc Xe-LPG (185H / Laptop iGPU): 31,560
- Radeon 760M (7640HS / Laptop iGPU): 31,044
- Arc Xe-LPG (125H / Laptop iGPU): 27,459
With Intel’s Lunar Lake launch planned for September, there is still time for driver optimizations, potentially boosting performance further. This benchmark is a promising showcase for Intel’s next-gen Xe2 architecture on thin and light platforms, and it will be exciting to see what the blue team has in store for its discrete Arc graphics card lineup under the Battlemage family.
Intel Lunar Lake “Core Ultra 200V” CPU Lineup
| SKU Name | Cores / Threads | Cache (LLC) | P-Core / E-Core Boost | GPU (Max Clock) | PL1 & PL2 (PBP/MTP) | Memory Configuration | NPU / XMX (GPU) TOPs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Ultra 9 288V | 8/8 | 12 MB | 5.1 / 3.7 GHz | Arc 140V @ 2.05 GHz | 30W/30W | 32 GB (2R) LPDDR5X | 48/67 |
| Core Ultra 7 268V | 8/8 | 12 MB | 5.0 / 3.7 GHz | Arc 140V @ 2.00 GHz | 17W/30W | 32 GB (2R) LPDDR5X | 48/66 |
| Core Ultra 7 266V | 8/8 | 12 MB | 5.0 / 3.7 GHz | Arc 140V @ 2.00 GHz | 17W/30W | 16 GB (1R) LPDDR5X | 48/66 |
| Core Ultra 7 258V | 8/8 | 12 MB | 4.8 / 3.7 GHz | Arc 140V @ 1.95 GHz | 17W/30W | 32 GB (2R) LPDDR5X | 47/64 |
| Core Ultra 7 256V | 8/8 | 12 MB | 4.8 / 3.7 GHz | Arc 140V @ 1.95 GHz | 17W/30W | 16 GB (1R) LPDDR5X | 47/64 |
| Core Ultra 5 238V | 8/8 | 8 MB | 4.7 / 3.5 GHz | Arc 130V @ 1.85 GHz | 17W/30W | 32 GB (2R) LPDDR5X | 40/53 |
| Core Ultra 5 236V | 8/8 | 8 MB | 4.7 / 3.5 GHz | Arc 130V @ 1.85 GHz | 17W/30W | 16 GB (1R) LPDDR5X | 40/53 |
| Core Ultra 5 228V | 8/8 | 8 MB | 4.5 / 3.5 GHz | Arc 130V @ 1.85 GHz | 17W/30W | 32 GB (2R) LPDDR5X | 40/53 |
| Core Ultra 5 226V | 8/8 | 8 MB | 4.5 / 3.5 GHz | Arc 130V @ 1.85 GHz | 17W/30W | 16 GB (1R) LPDDR5X | 40/53 |
Stay tuned for more updates as we approach the official launch of Intel’s Lunar Lake CPUs!