Intel’s next-generation Core Ultra 9 288V ‘Lunar Lake’ CPU has emerged on Geekbench, giving us a sneak peek at its performance capabilities. This flagship CPU is notable for its higher PL1 power setting of 30W, which is 13W more than other members of the upcoming Intel Core Ultra 200 series CPUs. While OEMs can adjust the PL1 value, Intel has set it to 30W for the Core Ultra 9 288V. This CPU packs a punch with 32GB of on-package LPDDR5-8533 memory, P-Core boosts reaching up to 5.1GHz, E-Core boosts reaching up to 3.7GHz, and integrated Xe2-GPU ‘Battlemage’ graphics through Arc 140V at up to 2.05GHz.
The Geekbench results highlight the impressive single-core performance of the Lunar Lake CPU. The single-core scores range from 2790 to 2901 points, showcasing the prowess of the new Lion Cove-P Cores. However, the multi-core performance, while respectable, falls short of AMD’s newly launched Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 ‘Strix Point’ APU, which achieves significantly higher scores. The Lunar Lake CPU scored between 9596 and 11048 points in the multi-core test, whereas the Strix Point APU achieved a remarkable 14736 points.
This performance gap is likely due to the absence of Hyper-Threading in the Lunar Lake CPUs, allowing AMD to take the lead in multi-threaded applications. Although Lunar Lake lacks Hyper-Threading, it boasts other advantages, such as higher performance, enhanced GPU performance, and integrated on-package memory. It will be interesting to see how Intel’s next-generation CPUs stack up against the competition as they enter the market.
