Third-party benchmarks of Intel’s up-to-date Core Ultra 200V (Lunar Lake) processors are finally coming out, giving us our first look at the processors’ performance. Vietnamese tech review site ThinkView on YouTube, a benchmark was conducted between the Core Ultra 7 268V processor and competing AMD Ryzen AI chips.
The Lunar Lake chip was tested in Cinebench R23 and 3DMark TimeSpy against the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and Ryzen Z1 Extreme, AMD’s flagship portable gaming processor. Cinebench results were split into single-core and multi-core results, with the multi-core results tested at four different power targets: 15W, 20W, 28W, and 38W to test the multi-core performance of each chip.
The 268V didn’t fare well against AMD’s competition, being completely outpaced in multi-core scores at all four power levels. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 was about 57% faster at a 15W target, 66% faster at 20W, 60% faster at 28W, and 54% faster at 38W. The Z1 Extreme was 14% faster than the 268V at 15W, 46% faster at 20W, 35% faster at 28W, and 45% faster at 38W.
Please note that these multi-core results are gritty estimates of actual results since they were published on a hard-to-read graph. So, these results should be considered general performance estimates.
| Reference points | Core Ultra 7 268V | Ryzen AI9 HX370 | Apple M3 | Ryzen Z1 Extreme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinebench R23 Single Core | 2,054 | 2,049 | 1,932 | Lack |
| Cinebench R23 Multi Core 15W | About 7000 points | About 11,000 points | Lack | About 8000 points |
| Cinebench R23 Multi Core 20W | About 7500 points | About 12,500 points | Lack | About 11,000 points |
| Cinebench R23 Multi Core 28W | About 10,000 points | About 16,000 points | Lack | About 13,500 points |
| Cinebench R23 Multi Core 38W | About 11,000 points | About 17,000 points | Lack | Approximately 16,000 points. |
| 3DMark TimeSpy | 3,715 | 3,526 | Lack | 3,017 |
The same can’t be said for the single-threaded results, both in terms of accuracy and efficiency for the 268V. The Lunar Lake chip scored 2,054 points, five more than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Apple’s Silicon M3 also made it to the test and was 10% slower than the 268V, scoring 1,932 points.
ThinkView also tested the 268V, HX 370, and M3 chipsets for performance per watt to see how energy competent they were. In this test, the 268V chip scored 137 points, the HX 370 scored 97.5 points, and the Apple M3 scored 292 points. In other words, the 268V chip was 40% more competent than the HX 370, but it couldn’t even come close to the performance of the M3 chip, where the Apple chip outperformed the Lunar Lake chip by more than 2x.
In the graphics department, the Core Ultra 7 268V showed sturdy results in 3DMark’s TimeSpy graphics test, outperforming its AMD counterparts. The 268V scored 3715 points, 5% better than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370’s score of 3526 points and 23% faster than the Z1 Extreme’s score of 3017 points.
Thinkview’s performance results reveal that Lunar Lake offers sturdy graphics and single-threaded performance, as well as good single-core performance compared to AMD’s counterparts. However, multi-threaded performance takes a hit, with AMD chips often being 50% faster.
Intel launched Lunar Lake laptops a few weeks ago, so compatible laptops should be on shelves by now.
