Performance Index
Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors (Series 3)
| Claim | Processor | Systems Measured | Measurement | Measurement Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI runs best on Intel | Intel Core Ultra Processors | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel internal reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr Processor: Apple M5 (10 core GPU); tested in MacBook Pro 14"; Memory: 32GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3024x1964; OS: macOS 26.0.1; Graphics Driver: NA; NPU Driver: NA; Battery Size: 72.4Whr | Refers to client applications, based on the broad compatibility, extensive software options, unique architecture, and impressive performance of Intel® Core™ Ultra processors that combine to deliver the best overall AI experience, including in comparison to competition processors (as of December 2025). AI features may require additional purchase or specific compatibility requirements. Results may vary. | As of December 2025 |
| The best graphics in a thin & light system Alt: The world's fastest built-in graphics in a thin & light system | Intel Core Ultra X9 & X7 processors (Series 3) | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel internal reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake); tested in Intel internal reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr Processor: Apple M5 (10 core GPU); tested in MacBook Pro 14"; Memory: 32GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3024x1964; OS: macOS 26.0.1; Graphics Driver: NA; NPU Driver: NA; Battery Size: 72.4Whr | Refers to systems powered by Intel Core Ultra X9 and X7 processors (Series 3) with integrated Intel® Arc™ Graphics compared to other thin & light (as defined by systems with processors ≤45W default TDP without a discrete GPU) options as of December 2025, based on impressive performance on graphics benchmarks such as 3DMark Steel Nomad, 3DMark Time Spy, 3DMark Solar Bay, & 3DMark Wild Life Extreme, actual gameplay performance, and strong graphics and AI benchmark performance, including in comparison to prior generation and AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite, and Apple M5. | As of December 2025 |
| Most advanced performance packed into a thin & light design | Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel internal reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake); tested in Intel internal reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr Processor: Apple M5 (10 core GPU); tested in MacBook Pro 14"; Memory: 32GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3024x1964; OS: macOS 26.0.1; Graphics Driver: NA; NPU Driver: NA; Battery Size: 72.4Whr | Among thin & light laptops (as defined by systems with processors ≤45W default TDP without a discrete GPU) as of December 2025, based on the broad compatibility, extensive software options, unique architecture, and impressive performance of Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 processors that combine to deliver the best overall AI experience, including in comparison to prior generation and AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite, and Apple M5. AI features may require additional purchase or specific compatibility requirements. | As of December 2025 |
| The best performing Copilot+ PC for all you do | Intel Core Ultra Processors | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel internal reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake); tested in Intel internal reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | Refers to systems powered by Intel Core Ultra processors, based on extensive AI capabilities and experiences, broad compatibility, unique architecture, and impressive performance that combine to deliver the most capable AI PC, including in comparison to competition processors (as of December 2025) as measured by: • Strong AI performance on CPU, GPU, and NPU features, including on UL Procyon AI: Computer Vision, Image Generation, Text Generation, MLPerfClient, & Geekbench AI • Broad selection of publicly available applications & proof of concepts • Ongoing expansion of AI features, framework support, and ISV-developed applications • Dedicated AI engine to enable increased security and privacy with local AI processing AI features may require additional purchase or specific compatibility requirements. Results may vary. | As of December 2025 |
| Most efficient x86 Alt: Leading x86 Power Efficiency | Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in MSI Prestige A16 AI+; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.13022.5002; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.280; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; MSI Center = Balanced. Battery Size: 80Whr | As of December 2025, among x86-based thin & light laptops, refers to Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors based on unique architecture, impressive performance even at lower power, including in comparison to prior generation and AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 as measured by: • Lower processor power consumption during typical user scenarios on Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Netflix, Office Productivity, YouTube, and Web browsing • Reduced processor power that enables longer battery life | As of December 2025 |
| The x86 Battery Life King Alt: Enables Best Battery Life in x86 | Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in MSI Prestige A16 AI+; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.13022.5002; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.280; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; MSI Center = Balanced. Battery Size: 80Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 (Strix Point); tested in HP EliteBook X G1a; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8000; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: X88 v01.03.11; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; HP= Smart Sense. Battery Size: 74.5Whr | As of December 2025, among x86-based thin & light laptops, refers to Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors based on unique architecture, impressive performance even at lower power to enable superior battery life, including in comparison to prior generation, AMD Ryzen™ AI PRO HX 375, and AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 as measured by: • Lower processor power consumption during typical user scenarios on Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Netflix, Office Productivity, YouTube, and Web browsing • Reduced processor power that enables longer battery life Individual system results will vary significantly with different usages, battery capacity and other OEM design factors. | As of December 2025 |
| Designed for multiday battery Alt: Enabling multiday battery | Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors | Multiday battery life refers to Intel Core Ultra 3 series processor-powered laptops with minimum battery size and power efficient designs within a typical PC usage scenario based on periods of multitasking, video playback, and standby times in a realistic environment. Battery life refers to interspersed periods of performing typical workflows in a realistic use environment such as cloud-based and (where available) local apps and web pages, local video playback, and standby time that reflect typical mainstream consumer PC usage patterns. Usage scenarios are based on extensive laptop user research, including Intel internal analysis of available information as of December 2025 and other representative consumer studies, and include periodic sustained standby intervals in both sleep and idle modes. Individual system results will vary significantly with different usages, battery capacity and other OEM design factors. | As of December 2025 | |
| Up to 75% better graphics performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by 3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | |
| Up to 51% better graphics performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by 3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | |
| Up to 53% better AI GPU performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 96GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB; Display Resolution: 1920x1080; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (GPU Int8). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | |
| Up to 40% lower processor power at similar performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V & Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Cinebench 2024 Single Core (PTL at 12W, LNL/ARL at 20W). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 50% lower processor power with similar performance vs. AMD Strix Point with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Cinebench 2024 Single Core (PTL at 10W, AMD at 20W). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Same power with similar performance vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Cinebench 2024 Single Core (at 20W). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 60% better multithread performance vs. Lunar Lake at similar power with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Cinebench 2024 Multi Core (at 25W). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 24% better multithread performance vs. Arrow Lake at similar power with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Cinebench 2024 Multi Core (at 25W). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| On par multithread performance vs. AMD Strix Point with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Cinebench 2024 Multi Core & Cinebench 2026 Multiple Threads (AMD @53W, Intel @ 45W) on par = +/-3%. . See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 18% better multithread performance vs. Qualcom Snapdragon X Elite with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Cinebench 2024 Multi Core & Cinebench 2026 Multiple Threads (Qualcomm at ~50W, Intel @ 45W). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 76% better gaming performance vs. Arrow Lake with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8400; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB; Display Resolution: 2560x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8331; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Geomean of average game performance across 45 game titles at 1080p High with 2x upscaling when supported on Panther Lake Reference Platform vs. Arrow Lake Reference Platform.. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 77% better gaming performance vs. Lunar Lake with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8331; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Geomean of average game performance across 45 game titles at 1080p High with 2x upscaling when supported on Panther Lake Reference Platform vs. Lunar Lake Reference Platform.. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 73% better gaming performance vs. AMD Strix Point with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.21025.15011; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Geomean of average game performance across 45 game titles at 1080p High with 2x upscaling when supported on Panther Lake Reference Platform vs. AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.6x better gaming performance vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Geomean of average game performance across 26 game titles at 1080p High(of 45 tested, 19 Did Not Run) on Panther Lake Internal Reference Platform vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 1.7x Geekbench AI GPU performance vs. Arrow Lake with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 9x Geekbench AI GPU performance vs. AMD Strix Point with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3.7x Geekbench AI NPU performancs vs. Arrow Lake with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 1.3x Geekbench AI NPU performance vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Get as much as 27.1 hours while Netflix streaming with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; Lenovo Vantage = Balanced. Battery Size: 99.9Whr | As measured by Netflix streaming at 1080p in Edge browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Get as much as 7.5 hours with 10 person Teams call with AI background effects with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H tested in next generation HP EliteBook X | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H tested in next generation HP EliteBook X | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in HP EliteBook X G2i; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display: 2.8k OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; HP = Smart Sense. Battery Size: 68Whr | As measured by Teams 3x3 (10 person) call using Windows Studio Effects. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 13% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by CrossMark Overall score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 8% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Office Productivity. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 12% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Speedometer 3.1 (Chrome). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 7% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 57% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 41% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by CrossMark Overall score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 11% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Office Productivity. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| On par productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Speedometer 3.1 (Chrome). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 50% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.6x better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| On par productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by CrossMark Overall score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| On par productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by UL Procyon Office Productivity. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 8% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 51% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 40% lower processor power while Web Browsing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power with Web browsing workload using Microsoft Edge browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 46% lower processor power while streaming YouTube 4K video with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power while watching 4K YouTube video using Google Chrome browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 48% lower processor power while streaming Netflix with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power while streaming 1080p Netflix content in Edge browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 36% lower processor power while using Windows Live Captions with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power while using Microsoft Live Captions. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 57% lower processor power while using Zoom with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power with Zoom 1x1 call with AI background effects. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 42% lower processor power while using Teams in a 10 person call with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power with Teams 3x3 (10 person) call using Windows Studio Effects. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 48% lower processor power while Web Browsing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in MSI Prestige A16 AI+; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.13022.5002; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.280; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; MSI Center = Balanced. Battery Size: 80Whr | As measured by processor power with Web browsing workload using Microsoft Edge browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 52% lower processor power while streaming YouTube 4K video with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in MSI Prestige A16 AI+; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.13022.5002; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.280; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; MSI Center = Balanced. Battery Size: 80Whr | As measured by processor power while streaming 1080p Netflix content in Edge browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 58% lower processor power while streaming Netflix with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in MSI Prestige A16 AI+; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.13022.5002; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.280; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; MSI Center = Balanced. Battery Size: 80Whr | As measured by processor power while streaming 1080p Netflix content in Edge browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 45% lower processor power while using Windows Live Captions with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in MSI Prestige A16 AI+; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.13022.5002; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.280; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; MSI Center = Balanced. Battery Size: 80Whr | As measured by processor power while using Microsoft Live Captions. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 78% lower processor power while using Zoom with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in MSI Prestige A16 AI+; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.13022.5002; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.280; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; MSI Center = Balanced. Battery Size: 80Whr | As measured by processor power with Zoom 1x1 call with AI background effects. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 63% lower processor power while using Teams in a 10 person call with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in MSI Prestige A16 AI+; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.13022.5002; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.280; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; MSI Center = Balanced. Battery Size: 80Whr | As measured by processor power with Teams 3x3 (10 person) call using Windows Studio Effects. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.4x average processor power reduction with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ 7 150U | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core 7 150U (Raptor Lake Refresh); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1080; OS: Windows 11 26100.2454; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6314; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: RPLPFWI1.R00.5401; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power average of 4K YouTube video streaming with Edge Browser, Netflix 1080p streaming with Microsoft Edge , & Teams 3x3 workload using Microsoft Edge browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 12% faster performance with Adobe After Effects with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Adobe After Effects Content Aware Fill workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 38% faster performance with Canvid with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Canvid AI Background operation. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 12% faster performance with DistinctAI RenderFX with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by time to render image with DistinctAI RenderFX. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 19% faster performance with DxO Photolab with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by DxO Photolab Denoise image workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2x faster performance with EdgeRunner AI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by LLM performance to answer a question. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 23% faster performance with Adobe Premiere Pro with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Adobe Premiere Pro Auto Reframe. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.5x faster performance with Ollama using GPT-OSS 20B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Ollama LLM speed with OpenAI GPT-OSS 20B . See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 52% faster performance using Blender with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Blender Cycles Render workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 50% faster performance using Axell Ailia DX Insights with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Geomean of Axell Ailia DX Insights benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 8% faster performance with Microsoft Excel with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Microsoft Excel Data Refresh workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 33% faster performance with Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Magic Mask 2 operation in Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 46% faster performance with LM Studio using Llama4 Dolphin 8B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by LM Studio LLM speed with Meta Llama4 Dolphin 8B. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 8% faster performance with Microsoft Power BI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Microsoft Power BI AI Data workflow. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 48% faster performance with Cyberlink Promeo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Cyberlink Promeo AI Marketing Advisor workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 26% faster performance with Topaz Photo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Topaz Photo 4X Upscale workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 30% faster performance with Adobe After Effects with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Adobe After Effects Content Aware Fill workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 45% faster performance with Canvid with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Canvid AI Background operation. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 70% faster performance with DistinctAI RenderFX with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by time to render image with DistinctAI RenderFX. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 4.1x faster performance with DxO Photolab with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by DxO Photolab Denoise image workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 62% faster performance with EdgeRunner AI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by LLM performance to answer a question. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 41% faster performance with Adobe Premiere Pro with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Adobe Premiere Pro Auto Reframe. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 30% faster performance with Ollama using GPT-OSS 20B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Ollama LLM speed with OpenAI GPT-OSS 20B . See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 6.5x faster performance using Blender with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Blender Cycles Render workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 38% faster performance using Axell Ailia DX Insights with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Geomean of Axell Ailia DX Insights benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 58% faster performance with Microsoft Excel with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Microsoft Excel Data Refresh workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.5x faster performance with Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Magic Mask 2 operation in Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.3x faster performance with LM Studio using Llama4 Dolphin 8B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by LM Studio LLM speed with Meta Llama4 Dolphin 8B. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 16% faster performance with Microsoft Power BI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Microsoft Power BI AI Data workflow. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 41% faster performance with Cyberlink Promeo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Cyberlink Promeo AI Marketing Advisor workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 81% faster performance with Topaz Photo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Topaz Photo 4X Upscale workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3.1x faster performance using Blender with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Blender Cycles Render workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 28% faster performance with Microsoft Excel with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Microsoft Excel Data Refresh workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3x faster performance with Ollama using GPT-OSS 20B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Ollama LLM speed with OpenAI GPT-OSS 20B . See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 71% faster performance with Microsoft Power BI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Microsoft Power BI AI Data workflow. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 45% lower power using McAfee Video Scams in Edge Browser with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power while using McAfee Video Scams detection in Microsoft Edge browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 25% lower power using Citrix Virtual Desktop Interface with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power while using Citrix Virtual Desktop Interface. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 85% better graphics performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2x better graphics performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3.5x better graphics performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by 3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 12% better photo editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 40% better video editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 36% better Adobe Premiere Pro performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Premiere Pro Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 15% better Adobe After Effects performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe After Effects Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 37% better Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by PugetBench DaVinci Resolve Studio Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 57% better Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve AI performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by PugetBench DaVinci Resolve Studio Extended AI score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 14% better Adobe Photoshop performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Photoshop. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 43% better Blender performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Blender Benchmark GPU score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 6% better photo editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 58% better video editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 36% better Adobe Premiere Pro performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Premiere Pro Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 30% better Adobe After Effects performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe After Effects Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 53% better Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by PugetBench DaVinci Resolve Studio Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.3x better Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve AI performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by PugetBench DaVinci Resolve Studio Extended AI score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 25% better Adobe Lightroom Classic performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Lightroom Classic Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 74% better Adobe Lightroom Classic AI performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Lightroom Classic Extended AI score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 48% better photo editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.6x better video editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.4x better Adobe Premiere Pro performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Premiere Pro Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.5x better Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by PugetBench DaVinci Resolve Studio Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5x better Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve AI performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by PugetBench DaVinci Resolve Studio Standard AI score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 80% better Adobe Lightroom Classic performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Lightroom Classic Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 7.4x better Adobe Lightroom Classic AI performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Lightroom Classic Extended AI score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 19% better Adobe Photoshop performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Photoshop. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 94% better AI Text Generation performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Text Generation (MISTRAL 7B). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 77% better GPU AI Image Generation performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Image Generation (SD 1.5). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3.3x better NPU AI Image Generation performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Image Generation (SD 1.5 Light NPU). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 73% better GPU AI Computer Vision performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Computer Vision (GPU int8). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3.2x better NPU AI Computer Vision performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Computer Vision (NPU int8). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 53% better AI performance with GPU with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 benchmark (GPU quantized score). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3.4x better AI performance with NPU with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 benchmark (NPU quantized score). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 32% better NPU AI Computer Vision performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Computer Vision (NPU int8). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 7x better AI Text Generation performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Text Generation (MISTRAL 7B). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.1x better NPU AI Image Generation performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Image Generation (SD 1.5 Light NPU). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 17% better NPU AI Computer Vision performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Computer Vision (NPU int8). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 9% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by CrossMark Overall score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 12% better office productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Office Productivity. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 14% better Web Browsing performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Speedometer 3.1 (Chrome). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 9% better Web Browsing performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by WebXPRT 4 (Chrome). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Get as much as 16.5 hours while Netflix streaming with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H tested in next generation HP EliteBook X | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H tested in next generation HP EliteBook X | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in HP EliteBook X G2i; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display: 2.8k OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; HP = Smart Sense. Battery Size: 68Whr | As measured by Netflix streaming at 1080p in Edge browser. Individual system results may vary as power and performance are affected by use, configuration and other factors. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Get as much as 7.5 hours with Teams 10 Person Video call & Windows Studio Effects with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H tested in next generation HP EliteBook X | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H tested in next generation HP EliteBook X | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in HP EliteBook X G2i; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display: 2.8k OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; HP = Smart Sense. Battery Size: 68Whr | As measured by Teams 3x3 (10 person) call using Windows Studio Effects. Individual system results may vary as power and performance are affected by use, configuration and other factors. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Get as much as 11.7 hours Office Productivity with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H tested in next generation HP EliteBook X | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H tested in next generation HP EliteBook X | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in HP EliteBook X G2i; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display: 2.8k OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; HP = Smart Sense. Battery Size: 68Whr | As measured by Procyon Battery Life Office Productivity subscore. Individual system results may vary as power and performance are affected by use, configuration and other factors. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Get as much as 27.1 hours while Netflix streaming with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; Lenovo Vantage = Balanced. Battery Size: 99.9Whr | As measured by Netflix streaming at 1080p in Edge browser. Individual system results may vary as power and performance are affected by use, configuration and other factors. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Get as much as 9.6 hours with Teams 10 Person Video call & Windows Studio Effects with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; Lenovo Vantage = Balanced. Battery Size: 99.9Whr | As measured by Teams 3x3 (10 person) call using Windows Studio Effects. Individual system results may vary as power and performance are affected by use, configuration and other factors. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Get as much as 17.5 hours Office Productivity with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; Lenovo Vantage = Balanced. Battery Size: 99.9Whr | As measured by Procyon Battery Life Office Productivity subscore. Individual system results may vary as power and performance are affected by use, configuration and other factors. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 22% faster photo editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-13900H with NV RTX 3050 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-13900H (Raptor Lake); tested in ASUS Vivobook Creator Q with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050; Memory: 16GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver(s): dGPU: 32.0.15.8180 (GeForce 581.80) & iGPU: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: K6502VJ.311; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyASUS = Full Performance. Battery Size: 70Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 11% faster video editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-13900H with NV RTX 3050 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-13900H (Raptor Lake); tested in ASUS Vivobook Creator Q with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050; Memory: 16GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver(s): dGPU: 32.0.15.8180 (GeForce 581.80) & iGPU: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: K6502VJ.311; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyASUS = Full Performance. Battery Size: 70Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 42% faster photo editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2x faster video editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3.8x better graphics performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by 3DMark Time Spy Graphics Score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 88% better graphics performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-13900H with NV RTX 3050 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-13900H (Raptor Lake); tested in ASUS Vivobook Creator Q with Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050; Memory: 16GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver(s): dGPU: 32.0.15.8180 (GeForce 581.80) & iGPU: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: K6502VJ.311; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyASUS = Full Performance. Battery Size: 70Whr | As measured by 3DMark Time Spy Graphics Score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 20% better web browsing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Speedometer 3.1 (Chrome). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 17% better Office Productivity with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Office Productivity. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 24% better productivity with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by CrossMark Overall score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 52% better Multi Core performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Geekbench 6.5 Multi Core . See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 64% better Multi Core performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Cinebench 2024 Multi Core. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5x better AI performance with GPU with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Computer Vision (GPU int8). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 8.7x better GPU AI Image Generation performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Image Generation (SD 1.5). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 6.5x better AI Text Generation performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Text Generation (MISTRAL 7B). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5.5x better AI performance with GPU with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 benchmark (GPU quantized score). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3.5x faster performance with Adobe After Effects with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Adobe After Effects Content Aware Fill workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 80% faster performance with Canvid with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Canvid AI Background operation. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3.2x faster performance with DistinctAI RenderFX with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by time to render image with DistinctAI RenderFX. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.6x faster performance with DxO Photolab with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by DxO Photolab Denoise image workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.4x faster performance with EdgeRunner AI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by LLM performance to answer a question. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 88% faster performance with Adobe Premiere Pro with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Adobe Premiere Pro Auto Reframe. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 45% faster performance with Ollama using GPT-OSS 20B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Ollama LLM speed with OpenAI GPT-OSS 20B . See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5.9x faster performance using Blender with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Blender Cycles Render workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.9x faster performance with Microsoft Excel with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Microsoft Excel Data Refresh workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 4.8x faster performance with Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Magic Mask 2 operation in Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.5x faster performance with LM Studio using Llama4 Dolphin 8B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by LM Studio LLM speed with Meta Llama4 Dolphin 8B. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 18% faster performance with Microsoft Power BI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Microsoft Power BI AI Data workflow. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 4.8x faster performance with Topaz Photo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Topaz Photo 4X Upscale workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5x faster performance with Skylum Luminar Neo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Skylum Luminar Neo NoiselessAI operation. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 28% faster performance with Adobe After Effects with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Adobe After Effects Content Aware Fill workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 28% faster performance with Canvid with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Canvid AI Background operation. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 22% faster performance with DistinctAI RenderFX with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by time to render image with DistinctAI RenderFX. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 49% faster performance with DxO Photolab with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by DxO Photolab Denoise image workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 68% faster performance with EdgeRunner AI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by LLM performance to answer a question. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 34% faster performance with Adobe Premiere Pro with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Adobe Premiere Pro Auto Reframe. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 56% faster performance with Ollama using GPT-OSS 20B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Ollama LLM speed with OpenAI GPT-OSS 20B . See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.2x faster performance using Blender with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Blender Cycles Render workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 61% faster performance using Axell Ailia DX Insights with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Geomean of Axell Ailia DX Insights benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 29% faster performance with Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Magic Mask 2 operation in Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 23% faster performance with LM Studio using Llama4 Dolphin 8B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by LM Studio LLM speed with Meta Llama4 Dolphin 8B. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 11% faster performance with Microsoft Power BI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Microsoft Power BI AI Data workflow. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 26% faster performance with Cyberlink Promeo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Cyberlink Promeo AI Marketing Advisor workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 38% faster performance with Topaz Photo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Topaz Photo 4X Upscale workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 33% faster performance with Skylum Luminar Neo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Skylum Luminar Neo NoiselessAI operation. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 4.3x faster performance with Adobe After Effects with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Adobe After Effects Content Aware Fill workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 59% faster performance with Canvid with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Canvid AI Background operation. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.7x faster performance with DistinctAI RenderFX with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by time to render image with DistinctAI RenderFX. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 6.9x faster performance with DxO Photolab with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by DxO Photolab Denoise image workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2x faster performance with EdgeRunner AI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by LLM performance to answer a question. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 44% faster performance with Adobe Premiere Pro with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Adobe Premiere Pro Auto Reframe. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 6% faster performance with Ollama using GPT-OSS 20B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Ollama LLM speed with OpenAI GPT-OSS 20B . See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5.9x faster performance using Blender with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Blender Cycles Render workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 68% faster performance using Axell Ailia DX Insights with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Geomean of Axell Ailia DX Insights benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2x faster performance with Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Magic Mask 2 operation in Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve Studio. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.8x faster performance with LM Studio using Llama4 Dolphin 8B with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by LM Studio LLM speed with Meta Llama4 Dolphin 8B. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 11% faster performance with Microsoft Power BI with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Microsoft Power BI AI Data workflow. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.1x faster performance with Topaz Photo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Topaz Photo 4X Upscale workload. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5.6x faster performance with Skylum Luminar Neo with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Skylum Luminar Neo NoiselessAI operation. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 7.5x faster Blender performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Blender Benchmark GPU Score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5.5x faster Blender performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by Blender Benchmark GPU Score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| On par productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by CrossMark Overall score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 6% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Office Productivity. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| On par productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Speedometer 3.1 (Chrome). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 12% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 40% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 43% faster Blender performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by Blender Benchmark GPU Score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 6% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: PZCN49WW; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 84Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 58% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5.8x faster Blender performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Blender Benchmark GPU Score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 21% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by UL Procyon Office Productivity. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 6x better AI performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by UL Procyon AI Text Generation (LLAMA3.1). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2x better battery life vs. 3yr old system with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H tested in next generation HP EliteBook X vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1370P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H tested in next generation HP EliteBook X | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in HP EliteBook X G2i; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: SKHynik PCB01 1 TB; Display: 2.8k OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to "HP Optimized"; Power Mode set to "Balanced"; HP = Smart Sense. Battery Size: 68Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1370P; tested in HP EliteBook 1040 G10; Memory:LPDDR5 5600; Storage: SKHynik PCB01; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6913; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: 01.10.00; Power Plan set to "HP Optimized", Power Mode set to "Balanced";HP = Smart Sense. Battery Size: 51.3Whr | As measured by battery rundown with Zoom 1x1 call with AI background effects. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 12% better Multithread performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Apple M5 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Apple M5 (10 core GPU); tested in MacBook Pro 14"; Memory: 32GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3024x1964; OS: macOS 26.1; Graphics Driver: NA; NPU Driver: NA; Low Power = Never. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Cinebench 2024 Multi Core. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.2x better AI GPU performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Apple M5 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Apple M5 (10 core GPU); tested in MacBook Pro 14"; Memory: 32GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3024x1964; OS: macOS 26.1; Graphics Driver: NA; NPU Driver: NA; Low Power = Never. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 benchmark (GPU quantized score). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 10% better gaming performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H with NVIDIA RTX 4050 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake); tested in Dell 14 Premium with Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8400; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2k IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver(s): dGPU: 32.0.15.8180 (GeForce 581.80) & iGPU: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: v1.4.0; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Dell Optimized = Ultra Performance. Battery Size: 68Whr | As measured by Geomean of average game performance across 45 game titles at 1080p High with 2x upscaling when supported. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 53% better gaming performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Apple M5 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Apple M5 (10 core GPU); tested in MacBook Pro 14"; Memory: 32GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3024x1964; OS: macOS 26.1; Graphics Driver: NA; NPU Driver: NA; Low Power = Never. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by geomean performance across 7 game titles at 1080p High (War Thunder, Borderlands 3, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Cyberpunk 2077, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Civilization 7, Total War: Warhammer 3). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 1.5x CPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (CPU Int8). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 1.7x CPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (CPU FP16). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.7x CPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (CPU FP32). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 1.3x NPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (NPU Int8). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.2x NPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (NPU FP16). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.6x NPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (NPU FP32). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 1.2x CPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (CPU Int8). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.3x CPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (CPU FP16). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 1.2x CPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (CPU FP32). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 9x GPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (GPU Int8). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 3.1x GPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (GPU FP16). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.3x GPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Lenovo IdeaPad reference design with sustained PL1=65W; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Lenovo Vantage = Performance. Battery Size: 99.9Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Geekbench AI 1.6 (GPU FP32). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 43% faster photo editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Adobe Photoshop Wire Removal. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 80% faster AI video editing performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by geomean performance of Topaz Video built-in benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.8x faster photo editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by Adobe Photoshop Wire Removal. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 80% faster AI video editing performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by geomean performance of Topaz Video built-in benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 61% faster photo editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by Adobe Photoshop Wire Removal. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5x faster AI video editing performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ i7-1360P | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core i7-1360P (Raptor Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB DDR5 4800; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: FHD+ IPS; OS: Windows 11 26200.6899; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.7080; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.30C; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Extreme Performance. Battery Size: 72Whr | As measured by geomean performance of Topaz Video built-in benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.4x faster AI video editing performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Zenbook S 16; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 78Whr | As measured by geomean performance of Topaz Video built-in benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 50% faster AI video editing performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 258V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X7 358H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X7 358H (Panther Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 14; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 78.6Whr Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V (Lunar Lake); tested in MSI Prestige 13 Evo; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2.8k; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8250; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: E13Q3IMS.10F; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MSI Center = Performance. Battery Size: 72.4Whr | As measured by geomean performance of Topaz Video built-in benchmark. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 15% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by geomean performance of CrossMark Overall, UL Procyon Office Productivity, UL Procyon Video Editing, Speedometer 3.1 (Chrome), UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 10% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by geomean performance of CrossMark Overall, UL Procyon Office Productivity, UL Procyon Video Editing, Speedometer 3.1 (Chrome), UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 18% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by geomean performance of CrossMark Overall, UL Procyon Office Productivity, UL Procyon Video Editing, Speedometer 3.1 (Chrome), UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 45% better productivity performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Qualcomm Snapdragon® X Elite X1E-84-100 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100; tested in Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge; Memory: 16GB; Storage:1 TB; Display Resolution: 3K OLED; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 31.0.121.1; NPU Driver: 30.0.145.1000; BIOS: P00AKX.061.250718.WY.1; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; Samsung= High Performance. Battery Size: 60.5Whr | As measured by geomean performance of CrossMark Overall, UL Procyon Office Productivity, UL Procyon Video Editing, Speedometer 3.1 (Chrome), UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 55% better multithread performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Cinebench 2026 Multiple Threads (@25W). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 52% faster multithread performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Geekbench 6.5 Multi Core . See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 44% better graphics performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by 3D Mark Solar Bay Unlimited. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 9% better photo editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by UL Procyon Photo Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 36% better video editing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by UL Procyon Video Editing. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 75% better Adobe Premiere Pro performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Premiere Pro Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 33% better Adobe After Effects performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by PugetBench Adobe After Effects Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 87% better Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve AI performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by PugetBench DaVinci Resolve Studio Extended AI score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 5% better Adobe Lightroom Classic performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Lightroom Classic Standard score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 27% better Adobe Lightroom Classic AI performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 288V | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 288V (Lunar Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6987; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4239; BIOS: LNLMFWI1.R00.3223; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by PugetBench Adobe Lightroom Classic Extended AI score. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 17% better multithread performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake) PL1 = 25W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Cinebench 2026 Multiple Threads (@25W). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 12% better multithread performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Cinebench 2024 Multi Core (@45W). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 13% better multithread performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by Cinebench 2026 Multiple Threads (@45W). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 1.7x MLPerf Client 1.5 GPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by MLPerf Client 1.5 GPU benchmark Using WinML. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 1.9x MLPerf Client 1.5 GPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by MLPerf Client 1.5 GPU benchmark Using WinML. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2x MLPerf Client 1.5 NPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (Arrow Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 64GB DDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". | As measured by MLPerf Client 1.5 NPU benchmark Using WinML. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 4.3x MLPerf Client 1.5 NPU AI Performance with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX 370 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake) PL1=45W; tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point); tested in ASUS Vivobook S 15; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1620; OS: Windows 11 26200.7171; Graphics Driver: 32.0.22029.1019; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.314; BIOS: M5506WA.314; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Best Performance"; MyAsus= Performance. Battery Size: 75Whr | As measured by MLPerf Client 1.5 NPU benchmark Using WinML. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.8x processor power reduction while streaming video with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ 7 150U | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core 7 150U (Raptor Lake Refresh); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1080; OS: Windows 11 26100.2454; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6314; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: RPLPFWI1.R00.5401; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power while watching 4K YouTube video using Microsoft Edge browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.3x processor power reduction while streaming video with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ 7 150U | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core 7 150U (Raptor Lake Refresh); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1080; OS: Windows 11 26100.2454; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6314; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: RPLPFWI1.R00.5401; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power while streaming Netflix 1080p using Microsoft Edge browser. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 2.1x processor power reduction while video conferencing with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ 7 150U | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core 7 150U (Raptor Lake Refresh); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 6400; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1080; OS: Windows 11 26100.2454; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.6314; NPU Driver: NA; BIOS: RPLPFWI1.R00.5401; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power with Teams 3x3 workload (10 person call). See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 16% lower processor power with Office Productivity with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255H | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (Arrow Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 8533; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 1920x1200; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: 32.0.101.8132; NPU Driver: 32.0.100.4404; BIOS: MTLPFWI1.R00.5385; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". | As measured by processor power with UL Procyon Battery Life Office Productivity. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |
| Up to 31% lower processor power with Office Productivity with an Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H vs. AMD Ryzen™ AI 9 365 | Intel® Core™ Ultra X9 388H | Processor: Intel Core Ultra X9 388H (Panther Lake); tested in Intel reference platform; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 9600; Storage: Samsung PM9A1 512GB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.6725; Graphics Driver: Intel Arc Graphics Pre-Production driver; NPU Driver: Pre-Production driver; BIOS: Pre-Production BIOS; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced". Processor: AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 (Strix Point); tested in MSI Prestige A16 AI+; Memory: 32GB LPDDR5 7500; Storage: Samsung 9100 Pro 1 TB; Display Resolution: 2880x1800; OS: Windows 11 26200.7462; Graphics Driver: 32.0.13022.5002; NPU Driver: 32.0.203.280; BIOS: UM5606WA.319; Power Plan set to Balanced, Power Mode set to "Balanced"; MSI Center = Balanced. Battery Size: 80Whr | As measured by processor power with UL Procyon Battery Life Office Productivity. See www.intel.com/PerformanceIndex for workloads and configurations. Results may vary. | As of January 2nd 2026 |