
Intel Core 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).
| Codename | Panther Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series | Intel Panther Lake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Panther Lake Panther Lake
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| Clock Rate | 1500 - 4700 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 2 Cache | 12.5 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 3 Cache | 18 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Cores / Threads | 16 / 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 PL2 | 80 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturing Technology | 1.8 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Max. Temperature | 100 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Socket | FCBGA2540 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GPU | Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU ( - 2450 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NPU / AI | 50 TOPS INT8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chip AI | 180 TOPS INT8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | x86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcement Date | 01/05/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Product Link (external) | www.intel.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Benchmarks
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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