Intel Core Ultra X7 358H: Specs and Analysis

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Should I buy it?

Intel Core Ultra X7 358H

CONSIDER

Great choice if these matter:

Thin performance laptops
AI workloads
Gaming

Watch out for:

Four performance cores is few beside 16 cores in total
80 W of turbo power may not hold in thin chassis

Regret riskLOWlimited data

Main risks

Four performance cores is few beside 16 cores in total
80 W of turbo power may not hold in thin chassis
18 MB of L3 cache is behind the desktop class
25 W base power is above the thin and light class

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

Alternatives

AMD Ryzen AI 9 465

Google Tensor G6

This box relies only on verified specs, the release date and editorial assessment; owner reports join them as they come in. We do not predict prices.

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.

16 Core

16 cores — Total Cores · 16 Thread — Concurrent Threads · 4 Performance — High-performance core · 12 (8 E + 4 LP-E) Efficiency — Low-power core · Panther Lake — Core architecture

16 cores16 Thread4 Performance12 (8 E + 4 LP-E) EfficiencyPanther Lake

16 coresTotal Cores

16 ThreadConcurrent Threads

4 PerformanceHigh-performance core

12 (8 E + 4 LP-E) EfficiencyLow-power core

Panther LakeCore 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 · 1.9 GHz (P-core) — Base frequency

4.8 GHz1.9 GHz (P-core)

4.8 GHzMaximum boost frequency

1.9 GHz (P-core)Base 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.

25 W TDP

25 W — Base Power Consumption (TDP) · 80 W — Maximum turbo power

25 W80 W

25 WBase Power Consumption (TDP)

80 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.

Thin performance laptops

Good fit

On-device AI

AI workloads

Good fit

Gaming

For gaming; tagged from the display's refresh rate and the chip's class. We have not measured frame rates or heat ourselves.

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

The Intel 18A manufacturing process

16 cores, up to 4.8 GHz

An Intel Arc B390 graphics unit with 12 Xe cores

A 50 TOPS NPU

LPDDR5X 9600 MT/s, up to 96 GB

Things to consider

Four performance cores is few beside 16 cores in total

80 W of turbo power may not hold in thin chassis

18 MB of L3 cache is behind the desktop class

25 W base power is above the thin and light class

Historical Product Info