Intel Core Ultra 7 165U "Meteor Lake" Linux Performance

Written by Michael Larabel in Computers on 24 May 2024 at 02:00 PM EDT. Page 5 of 5. 18 Comments.
C-Ray benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1080p, Rays Per Pixel: 16. Framework 16 - Ryzen 7 7840HS was the fastest.
C-Ray benchmark with settings of Resolution: 5K, Rays Per Pixel: 16. Framework 16 - Ryzen 7 7840HS was the fastest.
C-Ray benchmark with settings of Resolution: 5K, Rays Per Pixel: 16. Framework 16 - Ryzen 7 7840HS was the fastest.
TensorFlow benchmark with settings of Device: CPU, Batch Size: 32, Model: ResNet-50. Framework 16 - Ryzen 7 7840HS was the fastest.
OpenVINO benchmark with settings of Model: Face Detection FP16-INT8, Device: CPU. Framework 16 - Ryzen 7 7840HS was the fastest.
OpenVINO benchmark with settings of Model: Age Gender Recognition Retail 0013 FP16-INT8, Device: CPU. Framework 16 - Ryzen 7 7840HS was the fastest.
OpenVINO benchmark with settings of Model: Weld Porosity Detection FP16-INT8, Device: CPU. Framework 16 - Ryzen 7 7840HS was the fastest.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Compression Rating. Framework 16 - Ryzen 7 7840HS was the fastest.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Decompression Rating. Framework 16 - Ryzen 7 7840HS was the fastest.
PHPBench benchmark with settings of PHP Benchmark Suite. Acer Swift 14 - Core Ultra 7 155H was the fastest.
PyBench benchmark with settings of Total For Average Test Times. Framework 13 - Ryzen 7 7840U was the fastest.

Those wanting to go through 126 benchmarks in full from this remote testing session with the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 can find all the data via this result page.

Geometric Mean Of All Test Results benchmark with settings of Result Composite, Intel Core Ultra 7 165U Linux Comparison. Framework 16 - Ryzen 7 7840HS was the fastest.

When taking the geometric mean of all the raw benchmark results, the Core Ultra 7 165U was performing at around 86% the speed of the Core Ultra 7 155H. In single-threaded workloads there were advantages to the Meteor Lake 165U thanks to the higher base and turbo frequencies, but for the multi-threaded workloads the 155H is a 16-core / 22-thread processor compared to 12-core / 14-thread with the 165U. Easily pulling ahead overall were the Framework 13 with Ryzen 7 7840U and then with a little extra "oomph" was the Framework 16 with Ryzen 7 7840HS.

CPU Power Consumption Monitor benchmark with settings of Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring.

Most surprising out of this though was the CPU package power consumption with the Core Ultra 7 165U consuming so much more power than the Core Ultra 7 155H as well as the AMD Ryzen 7 laptop processors. Something funky perhaps is going on with the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 firmware or other factors or with Linux itself albeit with just the brief remote testing I am not able to dive deeper. All these power numbers are straight from the respective RAPL/PowerCap interfaces exposed under Linux.

CPU Temperature Monitor benchmark with settings of Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring.

The Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 5 was doing a good job though keeping the SoC core temperature down and on average lower than the other tested laptops/processors.

Thanks again to Phoronix reader Jonny for the remote access to the Core Ultra 7 165U and more data for those interested can be found here. Ultimately though the Core Ultra 7 155H will likely be of more interest to Phoronix readers given the higher core/thread count as well as much faster integrated Arc Graphics. Or if caring most about performance and power efficiency, the AMD Zen 4 laptop options remain very strong contenders.

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