We can finally talk about the benchmarks and battery life for Intel’s Lunar Lake, in this case its the Core Ultra 7 258V review. This could also be considered the Ultra 7 256V review too. Intel had a lot of promises for these CPUs including crazy battery life and very good performance in everyday office and creator apps but now its time to put those claims to the test!
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0:00 – What’s NEW with Lunar Lake
1:37 – Zenbook S 14 vs Lenovo Slim 7i Aura Edition
2:45 – Laptops vs Lunar Lake – Power is Important!
4:07 – Sponsor Spot (Phanteks)
4:36 – Battery Life vs Ryzen, Apple M3, X-Elite
5:37 – Addressing Battery Life “Claims”
6:17 – Battery Life (Browsing, YouTube, Heavy Load)
7:23 – Opportunity Lost…
8:10 – Benchmarks – Real World & Light Load
9:07 – Benchmarks – Creator Workloads
10:12 – Benchmarks – Heavy Multi Core
11:02 – Benchmarks – Video Conversion (CPU & GPU)
11:35 – Performance on BATTERY
12:24 – Gaming Benchmarks – Xe2 is GOOD!
14:15 – Intel’s HUGE Gamble…Paid Off???
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Small update about the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition. The OLED version in this video WILL NOT be available in North America. Instead we get an 120Hz IPS screen with touch (the OLED does not have touch functionality) and essentially the same overall specs as the IPS version.
Nah it’s shit m3 beats them every time at lower wattage, if you want portability/performance without compromise for productivity and some decent gaming (via emulation) then get apple m3 base variants otherwise get gaming laptop with more powerful cpu (hx /hs variants )and dGPU because they are more bang for buck at the price points they are selling these laptops.
Appreciate the content and benchmarking.
After all the snapdragon hype (and I did get one of the machines and happy with it regardless) I’ve realised many companies weaponise strange benchmark results. In the same way snapdragon called out the M3 but in reality M3 is just better (when it has 16GB RAM).
I say this after hearing the battery test oddity (not getting up to 24 hours)
Overall though…. great improvements for Intel. Great year to get a laptop.
The best Intel Ultra vs AMD not best APU, using 880m here not the 890m is kinda lazy
I mean at this point, why not just a Chromebook? Best battery life and web apps are the future anyway.
How is the SD processor "chugging" all the way to the top of the battery life test. Something is very off with this testing methodology. Apple's advantage lies in huge die space>power consumption. Which is more expensive, more wasteful on die yield and manufacturing however it sips power because it doesn't have run in those insanely high boost speeds.
At this rate I don't think Intel or AMD will ever catch up to Apple in the mobile space. For desktop though x86 will remain king.
Curious how the Zenbook S 16 performs with SMT off…
Intel should have used TSMC-fabricated SoCs/processors a long time ago.
If they had, they would likely be in a much stronger position in the CPU market today.
So Apple’s outgoing is still better than Intel’s incoming.
Someone explain what “excessive” means to him…
1300 u say? In Sweden the s14 costs 2279….
compair intel 288 flagship. with ryzen 365 not fair ,,,compair 288 with ryzen 375 or 370 is fair
if you want make a bigger difference in battery output. Be the first company to use graphene batteries.
that means that apple M3 with a smaller battery is still extremely good and on par with the new Intel Atoms with a big battery. Why are they so friggin good?
How does the ultra 7 258v compare to the ultra 9 288v
Was really close to picking up an Air M3, but…. Intel has to go and spoil the party and now I' just pre-ordered the Zenbook S14, which is way cheaper than that predatory shit that Apple does with RAM and storage prices.
Non upgradable memory? Is the cpu upgradable?
Arm is dead already lol
"Almost perfect" is the point: Imho it should be 16" non-glare 4k Display, num keys and no copilot button
Thanks for the video and just ordered the Zenbook S14.
Those tests with 20+ hours runtime use the native media player in Windows 11, which is much efficient than vlc or other legacy media players. I use it despite lacking features to preserve battery life.