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Intel Core Ultra 5 338H
The Intel Core Ultra 5 338H is a Panther Lake mobile processor with 12 cores and 12 threads: 4 Performance cores, 4 Efficient cores and 4 low-power Efficient cores. It turbos up to 4.7 GHz and has 18 MB of cache and the 10-core Xe3 Arc B370 iGPU, with the CPU tile built on Intel 18A. Intel rates it at 25 W base and 65 W maximum turbo power.
Pros
- 12 cores and 12 threads from 4 Performance, 4 Efficient and 4 low-power Efficient cores
- Performance-core turbo up to 4.7 GHz with 18 MB of Intel Smart Cache
- Arc B370 integrated graphics with 10 Xe cores at up to 2.4 GHz
- NPU rated at 47 TOPS (INT8) for on-device AI tasks
- Intel vPro Platform eligibility
Cons
- Intel lists only LPDDR5X-8533 memory support, with a 96 GB maximum
- 12 cores in total, against 16 on the higher Panther Lake H-series chips, and a 10-core Arc B370 rather than the 12-core Arc B390
- Cinebench R23 multi-core reached 16,331 points in one laptop's review testing at a 50 W sustained and 65 W peak power limit, so results depend on the laptop's power setup
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core Ultra 5 338H
General
- Announced
- 2026
- Process
- 2 nm
- Base TDP
- 25 W
- Max TDP
- 65 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 12
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 8
- Threads
- 12
- Base clock
- 1.9 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.7 GHz
- L3 cache
- 18 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Arc B370
- iGPU clock
- 2,400 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-8533
- Max memory
- 96 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,840Top 25%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 14,499Top 25%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 2,044Top 14%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 16,331Top 37%
- PassMark
- 27,989Top 32%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 4,026Top 22%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 6,050Top 6%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core Ultra 5 338H good in 2026?
The Intel Core Ultra 5 338H earns an Inno Score of 64.9/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Intel Core Ultra 5 338H is a Panther Lake mobile processor with 12 cores and 12 threads: 4 Performance cores, 4 Efficient cores and 4 low-power Efficient cores. It turbos up to 4.7 GHz and has 18 MB of cache and the 10-core Xe3 Arc B370 iGPU, with the CPU tile built on Intel 18A. Intel rates it at 25 W base and 65 W maximum turbo power.
Does the Intel Core Ultra 5 338H count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 27,989 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26–Oct 8, 2026), which puts it in Tier A of our CPU tier checker: current Core i7 H / Core Ultra 7 / Ryzen 7 class and above. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core Ultra 5 338H?
Cores: 12 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 4.7 GHz · Base TDP: 25 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core Ultra 5 338H?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D, AMD Ryzen AI 9 465, Intel Core Ultra X9 378H — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
