Core Ultra 7 165H: specs and benchmarks

Summary

Intel started Core Ultra 7 165H sales 14 December 2023 at a recommended price of $460. This is a Meteor Lake-H architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 16 cores and 22 threads, and is based on Intel 4 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA2049 processor with a TDP of 28 Watt. It supports DDR5 memory.

Primary details

Core Ultra 7 165H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking	391
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop
Series	Intel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiency	55.94	of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codename	Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date	14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$460	of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	22
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed	5 GHz	of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache	112 KB (per core)	of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache	2 MB (per core)	of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache	24 MB (shared)	of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography	Intel 4 nm	of 3 nm (Core Ultra 9 285K)
Maximum core temperature	110 °C
64 bit support	+

Compatibility

Information on Core Ultra 7 165H compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8454H)
Socket	FCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core Ultra 7 165H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+
AVX	+
vPro	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+
Speed Shift	+
Hyper-Threading Technology	+
TSX	+
Thermal Monitoring	+
Flex Memory Access	+
SIPP	+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	+
Deep Learning Boost	+
Supported AI Software Frameworks	OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+
EDB	+
Secure Key	+
OS Guard	+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d	+
VT-x	+
EPT	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core Ultra 7 165H's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5
Maximum memory size	96 GB	of 6 TiB (EPYC 9654)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core Ultra 7 165H.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® Arc™ graphics
Quick Sync Video	+
Graphics max frequency	2.3 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core Ultra 7 165H's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported

4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core Ultra 7 165H's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDP	3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core Ultra 7 165H's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12.2
OpenGL	4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version	5.0
PCI Express lanes	8	of 128 (EPYC 9655P)
PCI support	5.0 and 4.0

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core Ultra 7 165H. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

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Closest competitors

Core Ultra 7 165H's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.

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