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Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
The Core Ultra 7 165H is a Meteor Lake laptop chip with 6 Performance, 8 Efficient and 2 Low Power Efficient cores (22 threads), a 5.0 GHz peak boost and 24 MB of cache. It pairs them with Intel Arc graphics (8 Xe-cores, up to 2.3 GHz) and a 28 W base power rating.
Pros
- Intel Arc graphics with 8 Xe-cores, up to 2.3 GHz
- 22 threads from 16 cores for multitasking
- Up to 5.0 GHz Performance-core boost at a 28 W base power rating
- Supports up to 96 GB of LPDDR5/X-7467 or DDR5-5600 memory
- In review testing in a 14-inch business convertible, Cinebench R23 multi-core reached 14,551 points
Cons
- Multi-core scores depend on the laptop's power limit; the reviewed convertible was set to 41 W sustained and 66 W for short bursts
- Over the Core Ultra 7 155H the gain is mainly clock speed (5.0 vs 4.8 GHz)
- Arc graphics average about 3,230 in Time Spy Graphics in review testing, well below a discrete RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
General
- Announced
- 2023
- Process
- 7 nm
- Base TDP
- 28 W
- Max TDP
- 115 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 16
- Performance cores
- 6
- Efficiency cores
- 10
- Threads
- 22
- Base clock
- 1.4 GHz
- Boost clock
- 5 GHz
- L3 cache
- 24 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Arc Graphics (8 Xe)
- iGPU clock
- 2,300 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5X-7467 / DDR5-5600
- Max memory
- 96 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,437Bottom 34%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 12,265Top 44%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,759Bottom 47%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 14,551Top 45%
- PassMark
- 25,858Top 38%
- PassMark (single thread)
- 3,472Bottom 35%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)
- 3,270Top 18%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H good in 2026?
The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H earns an Inno Score of 58.7/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The Core Ultra 7 165H is a Meteor Lake laptop chip with 6 Performance, 8 Efficient and 2 Low Power Efficient cores (22 threads), a 5.0 GHz peak boost and 24 MB of cache. It pairs them with Intel Arc graphics (8 Xe-cores, up to 2.3 GHz) and a 28 W base power rating.
Does the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 25,858 (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 7 165H?
Cores: 16 · Threads: 22 · Boost clock: 5 GHz · Base TDP: 28 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Intel Core Ultra 7 268V, AMD Ryzen 9 8945H, Intel Core i7-14700HX — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
