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Intel Core Ultra 7 356H

Intel Ultra 7 356H

The Intel Core Ultra 7 356H is a high-end 16-core SoC from the Panther Lake family for laptops. The chip also offers 18 MB cache and only the smaller 4-core iGPU.

The 356H integrates a compute tile that is manufactured by Intel in the new 18A process. This includes 4 large Cougar Cove P-Cores with up to 1.9 - 4.7 GHz, 8 Darkmont E-Cores with 1.5 - 3.7 GHz and another 4 small Darkmont LP (Low Power) E-Cores with 1.5 - 3.3 GHz. Furthermore, the new NPU 5 with 50 TOPS INT 8 and an IPU 7.5 image processor are installed. The integrated memory controller supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5-9600 or 128 GB DDR5-7200.

The GPU tile contains a smaller iGPU with 4 Xe3 cores and ray tracing support.

The third chiplet integrates the platform controller with 20 PCIe lanes (compared to 12 lanes of the other two Panther Lake chips), 4x Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 7 (R2) and Bluetooth Core 6.0. The platform controller is also manufactured by TSMC.

The power consumption is specified from 15 W (minimum assured power) over 25 Watt (processor base power PL1) up to 80 W (maximum Turbo power).

CodenamePanther Lake
SeriesIntel Panther Lake

Series: Panther Lake Panther Lake

Intel Core Ultra X9 388H compare1.6 - 5.1 GHz16 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra X7 368H compare1.6 - 5 GHz16 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 9 386H compare1.6 - 4.9 GHz16 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra X7 358H compare1.5 - 4.8 GHz16 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 7 366H compare1.6 - 4.8 GHz16 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H « 1.5 - 4.7 GHz16 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 5 338H compare1.5 - 4.7 GHz12 / 12 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 7 355 compare1.7 - 4.7 GHz8 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 5 336H compare1.5 - 4.6 GHz12 / 12 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 7 365 compare1.8 - 4.8 GHz8 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 5 335 compare1.6 - 4.6 GHz8 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 5 325 compare1.6 - 4.5 GHz8 / 8 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 5 322 compare1.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 6 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core Ultra 5 332 compare1.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 6 cores12 MB L3
Clock Rate1500 - 4700 MHz
Level 2 Cache12.5 MB
Level 3 Cache18 MB
Number of Cores / Threads16 / 16
4 x 4.7 GHz Intel Cougar Cove P-Core
8 x 3.7 GHz Intel Darkmont E-Core
4 x 3.3 GHz Intel Darkmont LP E-Core
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)25 Watt
TDP Turbo PL280 Watt
Manufacturing Technology1.8 nm
Max. Temperature100 °C
SocketFCBGA2540
GPUIntel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU ( - 2450 MHz)
NPU / AI50 TOPS INT8
Chip AI180 TOPS INT8
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date01/05/2026
Product Link (external)www.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
42 pt (70%)
AMD E1-2100
2.26 -95%
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Intel Core i7-13800H
41 -2%
Intel Core Ultra 5 338H
41.2 -2%
Intel Core i9-12900HX
41.4 -1%
AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
41.4 -1%
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
41.5 -1%
Intel Core 7 250H
41.6 -1%
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
41.6 -1%
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
41.7 -1%
Intel Core i7-14650HX
41.8 0%
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
42
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370
42.2 0%
Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
42.2 0%
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
42.6 1%
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
42.7 2%
AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 390
42.9 2%
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
43.3 3%
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX
43.6 4%
Intel Core i7-14700HX
43.8 4%
Intel Core i9-13900HX
44.4 6%
...
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
49.1 17%
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
59.6 42%
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100%
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Cinebench 2026 - Cinebench 2026 CPU Single Thread
501 Points (68%)
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Cinebench 2026 - Cinebench 2026 CPU Multi
4053 Points (40%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 121.8     avg: 122.1     median: 122.1 (1%)     max: 122.4 Points
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 1006     avg: 1119     median: 1119 (21%)     max: 1232 Points
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 18395     avg: 19523     median: 19522.5 (18%)     max: 20650 Points
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 2040     avg: 2043     median: 2042.5 (83%)     max: 2045 Points
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 773     avg: 774     median: 773.5 (84%)     max: 774 Points
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 7180     avg: 7627     median: 7627 (19%)     max: 8074 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2937     avg: 3069     median: 3069 (19%)     max: 3201 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 303     avg: 304.5     median: 304.5 (84%)     max: 306 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
39.3 Points (49%)
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.6 Points (86%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
10814 points (65%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
72385 points (52%)
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wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
339.5 s (4%)
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wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
11.1 s (2%)
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WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
16460 points (26%)
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 65579     avg: 67682     median: 67682 (39%)     max: 69785 MIPS
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 6305     avg: 6340     median: 6340 (72%)     max: 6375 MIPS
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HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 20     avg: 22.6     median: 22.6 (40%)     max: 25.1 fps
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.2 GB/s (35%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2.4 GB/s (41%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
13.2 GB/s (34%)
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 261     avg: 296.5     median: 296.5 (4%)     max: 332 Seconds
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 163     avg: 179.5     median: 179.5 (1%)     max: 196 Seconds
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R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4268     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (10%)     max: 0.459 sec
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.6 s (2%)
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
16.3 s (1%)
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
376.8 s (2%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 19465     avg: 20687     median: 20687 (51%)     max: 21909 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 27580     avg: 28334     median: 28334 (51%)     max: 29088 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 9074     avg: 11077     median: 11077 (47%)     max: 13080 Points
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Geekbench 6.6 - Geekbench 6.6 Single-Core
min: 2532     avg: 2741     median: 2839 (65%)     max: 2851 points
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Geekbench 6.6 - Geekbench 6.6 Multi-Core
min: 15578     avg: 16280     median: 16587 (56%)     max: 16676 points
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 2086     avg: 2092     median: 2092 (70%)     max: 2098 points
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 16721     avg: 16741     median: 16741 (30%)     max: 16761 points
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 460     avg: 461.5     median: 461.5 (1%)     max: 463 ms
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 121064     avg: 121079     median: 121079 (79%)     max: 121094 Points
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WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 274     avg: 283     median: 283 (70%)     max: 292 Points
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 284     avg: 294     median: 294 (49%)     max: 304 Points
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CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1905     avg: 1943     median: 1943 (68%)     max: 1981 Points
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Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 58.1     avg: 78     median: 78 (13%)     max: 97.8 Watt
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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 70.8     avg: 85.2     median: 85.2 (16%)     max: 99.6 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 3.72     avg: 33.7     median: 7.4 (5%)     max: 90 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 3.37     avg: 4.5     median: 4.5 (3%)     max: 5.66 Watt
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Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 32.1     avg: 36.8     median: 36.8 (27%)     max: 41.5 Points per Watt
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Reviews for the Intel Core Ultra 7 356H processor

Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro Laptop Review - Better than the new XPS 16

Samsung Galaxy Book6 Pro Laptop Review - Better than the new XPS 16

Samsung's new Galaxy Book6 Pro gets Intel's Panther Lake processors, Wi-Fi 7 as well as a new OLED touchscreen, which is finally brighter than before. Prices are very high, however, and the Galaxy Book6 Pro faces excellent rivals, so is it enough to beat the XPS 16 or Zenbook S16?
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3, 16", 1.6 kg
Samsung Galaxy Book6 Ultra Review - Impressive multimedia laptop with gorgeous OLED & RTX 5070

Samsung Galaxy Book6 Ultra Review - Impressive multimedia laptop with gorgeous OLED & RTX 5070

Samsung's new Galaxy Book6 Ultra is a powerful 16-inch multimedia laptop with an amazing OLED screen, Panther Lake processor and GeForce RTX 5070. There are also many similarities with the Apple MacBook Pro 16, but is it enough to beat Apple's machine?
Intel Core Ultra 7 356H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, 16", 1.9 kg

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   » Samsung's Galaxy Book6 Pro is a good multimedia laptop, but $2100 is too expensive

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   » Samsung's Galaxy Book6 Ultra is beaten by Lenovo's Yoga Pro 9i 16 in terms of price

   » Samsung finally uses a better OLED panel with more than 1000 nits for the Galaxy Book6 Ultra, but the competition is still superior

   » Samsung copies the Apple MacBook Pro 16 and the result is a very good multimedia laptop

   » Samsung Galaxy Book6 Series Hands-On: All models, prices, and launch date

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Other CPUs of the series Panther Lake

» Intel Core Ultra X9 388H
   16x 1.6 GHz - 5.1 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra X7 368H
   16x 1.6 GHz - 5 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
   16x 1.6 GHz - 4.9 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
   16x 1.5 GHz - 4.8 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 7 366H
   16x 1.6 GHz - 4.8 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
   16x 1.5 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 5 338H
   12x 1.5 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 7 355
   8x 1.7 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 5 336H
   12x 1.5 GHz - 4.6 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 7 365
   8x 1.8 GHz - 4.8 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 5 335
   8x 1.6 GHz - 4.6 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 5 325
   8x 1.6 GHz - 4.5 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 5 322
   6x 1.9 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 5 332
   6x 1.9 GHz - 4.4 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 370
   12x 2 GHz - 5.1 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-12800HX
   16x 1.5 GHz - 4.8 GHz
+ Intel Core i9-12900HX
   16x 1.7 GHz - 5 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392
   12x 3.2 GHz - 5 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
   8x 3.6 GHz - 5.1 GHz
» Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
   16x 1.5 GHz - 4.7 GHz
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
   16x 4.5 GHz - 5.3 GHz
- Intel Core i7-14650HX
   16x 1.6 GHz - 5.2 GHz
- Intel Core i5-13600HX
   14x 1.9 GHz - 4.8 GHz
- Intel Core 9 270H
   14x 2 GHz - 5.8 GHz
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
   16x 4.4 GHz - 5.1 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2026-01- 8)