Intel Core Ultra 200V in first synthetic test

First Lunar Lake processor on Geekbench.

Intel is set to launch its first Core Ultra 200 CPU series as early as September. The initial series will focus on low-power mobile devices and is expected to be certified as Copilot+PCs, owing to its powerful NPU unit.

Gamers and everyday PC users are likely to prioritize CPU and GPU performance over NPU capabilities. Fortunately, a new leak from Geekbench provides insights into both single-core and multi-core performance tests.

The Core Ultra 7 268V isn’t the flagship SKU, as exclusively revealed yesterday . Intel is also planning a Core Ultra 9 288V version with a higher clock (5.1 GHz). In contrast, the 268V will boost up to 5.0 GHz. In Geekbench tests, the highest observed frequency on an engineering sample was 4881 MHz. The LP-Cores should boost up to 3.7 GHz, but Geekbench does not record their frequencies.

Core Ultra 7 268V, Source: Geekbench

When comparing this score with the recently tested Ryzen AI 9 365 SKU , it suggests that AMD Strix Point will outpace Intel. However, it’s important to keep in mind that both products target different power levels (17-30W for Lunar Lake and 15-54W for Strix Point), but technically, they could operate within the same power envelope.

What we do know about this particular Intel CPU is that it offers 4 Lion Cove Performance CPU Cores and 4 Skymont Low-Power cores. The SoC/processor comes equipped with Arc A140V GPU featuring 8 Xe2-Cores, which should boost up to 2.0 GHz. Unlike the Core Ultra 9 288V which will ship with 30W PL1, the Ultra 7 268V will feature PL1 mode at 17W.

Source: Geekbench (268V #1) , (268V #2)