Component comparison
Core Ultra 7 258V vs Core i5-7200U
Core Ultra 7 258V vs Core i5-7200U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core Ultra 7 258V
- + Release year (+8)
- + Cores (+6)
- + Threads (+4)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+1.70 GHz)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+9 MB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+2 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-11 nm)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+1900)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+8283)
- + Normalized score (+63.3)
B
Core i5-7200U
- + Base clock (GHz) (+0.30 GHz)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core Ultra 7 258V
|
Component B
Core i5-7200U
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2024 (+8) | 2016 |
| Cores | 8 (+6) | 2 |
| Threads | 8 (+4) | 4 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 2.20 GHz | 2.50 GHz (+0.30 GHz) |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 4.80 GHz (+1.70 GHz) | 3.10 GHz |
| L1 cache (KB) | — | 64 KB |
| L2 cache (KB) | — | 256 KB |
| L3 cache (MB) | 12 MB (+9 MB) | 3 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | — | 34 GB/s |
| Memory channels | — | 2 |
| Max memory (GB) | — | 32 GB |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 17 W (+2 W) | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-11 nm) | 14 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | — | 3,373 |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 2,408 (+1900) | 508 |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 9,599 (+8283) | 1,316 |
| Normalized score | 83.9 (+63.3) | 20.6 |
Only in component B
amd_v
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core Ultra 7 258V wins 10 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).