The Core Ultra 7 268V is the second fastest CPU in the Lunar Lake lineup and is looking in a great state. While most Lunar Lake chips in the higher-end range are roughly equivalent, the new Geekbench 6 single-core score is the highest we have seen from any Lunar Lake chip until now.
With over 2900 points in a single-core test, the 268V outperforms most Intel and AMD mobile chips
Intel is about to launch the Lunar Lake series in the coming week and we already have seen plenty of leaked benchmarks of some of its SKUs. The latest is the Core Ultra 7 268V benchmark on Geekbench. While it’s not the first time the 268V is spotted on Geekbench, it’s definitely the first time we have seen it performing the best. It did not just break its own previous score but also broke almost all the single-core records by Lunar Lake mobile processors in Geekbench 6.
The processor was a part of the Khadas MakerKit, a compact workstation and development kit, which is different from regular laptops. The Core Ultra 7 268V scored a good 2915 points in single-core and 11448 points in multi-core tests in Geekbench 6.2.1 on Windows 11. While the multi-core score is roughly identical to other higher-end Lunar Lake chips, the single-core score is the highest, beating even the best score by the Core Ultra 9 288V.
Keep in mind that Geekbench isn’t the best way to compare the performance of CPUs but it’s fairly good for knowing their approximate strength. The Core Ultra 9 288V has the best score of 2901 points in single-core as was spotted previously and a multi-core score of 11048 points. This makes the 268V a winner but it’s unlikely that the 288V will come out to be slower than the 268V when tested in different apps. Since the Core Ultra 9 288V is the flagship CPU, it should come out a little better than the 268V.
The Lunar Lake is the only modern lineup, which has all its SKUs featuring the same core/thread count. However, other specs such as clock speed, cache, and iGPU are different. The Core Ultra 7 268V is identical to the Ultra 9 288V in almost every spec but has a higher operating TDP of 30W. Meanwhile, the 268V can run on 17/30W TDP but boasts the same 12MB cache size and a P-Core/E-Core Boost of 5.0/3.7GHz, where the P-Core boost is just 100MHz lower than the 288V. The iGPU is Arc 140V clocked at 2.00GHz compared to 2.05GHz on the 288V.
Fortunately, we also have the latest Geekbench OpenCL score of the Core Ultra 7 268V Arc 140V iGPU, scoring 29316 points. This was the same Khadas MakerKit that was tested on the Geekbench 6. Since the OpenCL score can vary greatly on Geekbench, we can’t compare the results with other GPUs to know how the Arc 140V will perform in real-world tests. Nonetheless, the Core Ultra 7 268V and Lunar Lake CPUs in general are having a good start and the processors will be officially launched on 3rd September.
