As per the Notebookcheck, the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H processor single-core performance lagged behind the previous generation Raptor Lake CPU.
Intel held a “Performance Seminar” during the CES 2024 exhibition and invited a number of media to test the Core Ultra 7 165H CPU.
These benchmark tests are not from mass production equipment, but were completed on an unnamed engineering sample manufactured by MSI, which looks similar to the MSI Prestige 16 series. These tests were conducted in peak performance mode with a PL2 of 65 W and a continuous load power limit (PL1) of 55 W.
Core Specifications
Core Ultra 7 165H is a 16-core CPU with 6 P-cores (Redwood Cove), 8 E-cores (Crestmont) and 2 LPE cores (Crestmont on SoC). The maximum boost frequency of the P core is 5GHz, the E core is 3.8GHz, and the LPE core is 2.5GHz. Its default TDP is 28W, the maximum boost power limit is 115W, and the maximum guaranteed power is 65W.
Foreign technology media Notebookcheck tested the Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7630 (PL1 53 W / PL2 89 W) equipped with Intel Core i7-13700H, and the Lenovo ThinkPad P16v G1 (PL1 54 W / PL2 64 W) equipped with AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS.
Judging from the test results of multiple Cinebench versions, the single-core performance of the new Core Ultra chip lags behind the previous generation Raptor Lake CPU, but in terms of sustained performance, the Core Ultra 7 is better than the Core i7-13700H.
The Core Ultra 7 165H only managed to win in one test. In the Cinebench R15 test more than 10 years ago, it was 9% and 12% faster than the Core i7-13700H and Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS respectively. In R20 and R23, the 13700H is faster, but not by much.
In Cinebench R23, the single-core performance of Core Ultra 7 165H is even worse than Core i7-13700H and 7840HS; in R20 and R15, the performance gap between Core Ultra 7 165H and Core i7-13700H is 3% and 6% respectively.
