Intel Core Ultra 7 258V: Specs, Pros & Cons

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Should I buy it?

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

WAIT

24 months on the market — a successor may be near

Great choice if these matter:

Work / Productivity
Daily Use
Value for Money

Watch out for:

8 cores with no Hyper-Threading caps multi-core throughput well below H- and HX-class chips.
On-package memory means the RAM you buy is the RAM forever — 32 GB is the ceiling.

24 months on the market

Regret riskMODERATElimited data

Main risks

A successor may be near — 24 months since release
8 cores with no Hyper-Threading caps multi-core throughput well below H- and HX-class chips.
On-package memory means the RAM you buy is the RAM forever — 32 GB is the ceiling.
Peak single-core trails Arrow Lake and desktop-class silicon.

The risk level is computed from the release date and verified weaknesses. The confidence score appears only once enough owner reports exist.

Alternatives

Google Tensor G6newer

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Core Structure

How many cores does the processor have?

Manufacturer's official core and architecture information.

CORE STRUCTURE

The structure decisive in multi-core tasks.

8 Core

8-core — Total Cores · 8 Thread — Concurrent Threads · 4 Performance — High-performance core · 4 Efficiency — Low-power core · Lion Cove / Skymont LP — Core architecture

8-core8 Thread4 Performance4 EfficiencyLion Cove / Skymont LP

8-coreTotal Cores

8 ThreadConcurrent Threads

4 PerformanceHigh-performance core

4 EfficiencyLow-power core

Lion Cove / Skymont LPCore architecture

Frequency

How fast does it work?

Manufacturer's official frequency values.

FREQUENCY

Value that determines single-core performance.

4.8 GHz Boost

4.8 GHz — Maximum boost frequency · 2.2 GHz — Base frequency

4.8 GHz2.2 GHz

4.8 GHzMaximum boost frequency

2.2 GHzBase frequency

Power and Cooling

How much power does it draw?

Official power values that determine cooling needs.

POWER AND COOLING

These values determine the cooling budget.

17 W TDP

17 W — Base Power Consumption (TDP) · 37 W — Maximum turbo power

17 W37 W

17 WBase Power Consumption (TDP)

37 WMaximum turbo power

Who Is It For?

Where does it stand out?

A usage guide built from the specs and the editors' tags; not a test result.

Work / Productivity

For heavy work use; tagged from the battery and display specs. We have not timed the battery ourselves.

Good fit

Daily Use

A balanced spec set for everyday use: display, battery and camera figures together.

Good fit

Value for Money

An editor's tag for hardware that is well priced for what it offers. We do not track current prices; check the price before you buy.

Good fit

Editorial Analysis

Strengths and points to consider

The Kacbu editors' assessment of the specifications the maker publishes. We do not test devices ourselves, so nothing here is a measured result. Anything taken from an independent review is shown with its publication and date in the Press section.

Strengths based on the specs

On-package LPDDR5X-8533 memory cuts power and latency — the same trick Apple Silicon uses, arriving on x86.

47 TOPS NPU clears Microsoft's Copilot+ bar with headroom.

Arc 140V with 8 Xe2 cores is genuinely competitive integrated graphics for light gaming.

17-37W envelope delivers 20-hour-class battery life in machines like the XPS 13.

Full x86 compatibility — none of the ARM emulation caveats of Snapdragon rivals.

Things to consider

8 cores with no Hyper-Threading caps multi-core throughput well below H- and HX-class chips.

On-package memory means the RAM you buy is the RAM forever — 32 GB is the ceiling.

Peak single-core trails Arrow Lake and desktop-class silicon.

The efficient design costs raw speed: this is an endurance chip, not a performance one.

Historical Product Info

Official launch details

Instead of tracking today's retail price, Kacbu keeps the product's official launch information as a reference.

AnnouncedSeptember 3, 2024

The manufacturer's official announcement date.

ReleaseSeptember 24, 2024

The start of the initial sales period.

Design🇺🇸 United States

Manufacturing🇹🇼 Taiwan

Intel designs Lunar Lake in the US; the compute tile is fabricated at TSMC in Taiwan, with Intel handling packaging — including mounting the memory dies onto the CPU package.

This is not the current retail price — it shows the product's historical, official launch information.

Specifications

Intel Core Ultra 7 258V specifications

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General

Family

Lunar Lake (Core Ultra 200V)

Segment

Thin and light laptop

Release Year

2024

Manufacturer

Intel

Core Structure

Cores

Threads

Core Architecture

Lion Cove / Skymont LP

Efficiency Core

Performance Core

Frequency

Base Frequency

2.2 GHz

Boost Clock

4.8 GHz

Cache

L3 Cache

12 MB

Memory

Maximum Memory

32 GB

Memory Type

LPDDR5X-8533 (integrated in package)

Graphics Unit

Integrated Graphics

Intel Arc 140V (8 Xe2 cores)

Power

TDP

17 W

Maximum Turbo Power

37 W

Platform

Socket

BGA (soldered)

Manufacturing Process

TSMC 3nm

Lithography

3 nm

Neural Engine

NPU 4 — 47 TOPS (Copilot+)

FAQ

The most common questions about this product

What the numbers on the spec sheet actually mean in day-to-day use.

Why is the memory on the CPU package?

Moving memory next to the die shortens the physical path data travels, which saves power on every access — a meaningful share of Lunar Lake's battery-life advantage. The trade-off is permanence: laptop makers cannot offer memory slots, so the configuration you buy is final.

Core Ultra 7 258V or Ryzen AI 9 HX 370?

The AMD chip wins multi-core throughput (12 cores against 8) and integrated GPU peak; the Intel chip answers with a design built for lower drain at idle and light loads, which is what all-day battery actually depends on. Endurance-first ultrabooks lean 258V; do-everything thin machines lean HX 370.

Is it a Copilot+ chip?

Yes — its 47 TOPS NPU exceeds Microsoft's 40 TOPS requirement, so on-device AI features like live translation, studio effects and Recall all activate. It was Intel's first chip to qualify.

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