Intel Core Ultra 5 338H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 356H processor comparison: performance score, cores and clock speeds, cache, TDP, integrated graphics and NPU. The better value in each row is highlighted in green.
Summary
Intel Core Ultra 5 338H offers more integrated graphics units (10 vs 4) and higher AI performance (145 vs 90 TOPS). Intel Core Ultra 7 356H offers more cores (16 vs 12) and more threads (16 vs 12).
Performance score
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Key specs
Cores & Threads12/12
Cores & Threads16/16
Turbo4.7 GHz
Turbo4.7 GHz
L3 cache18 MB
L3 cache18 MB
TDP25 W
TDP25 W
iGPUIntel Arc B370
iGPUIntel Graphics
General
SeriesSeries 3
SeriesSeries 3
CodenamePanther Lake
CodenamePanther Lake
CPU architectureCougar Cove, Darkmont
CPU architectureCougar Cove, Darkmont
FoundryIntel
FoundryIntel
Process nodeIntel 18A (1.8 nm)
Process nodeIntel 18A (1.8 nm)
Instruction setx86-64
Instruction setx86-64
Release dateJanuary 5, 2026
Release dateJanuary 5, 2026
Cores and clocks
Cores & Threads12/12
Cores & Threads16/16
4× P-cores
- Turbo clock
- 4.7 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.9 GHz
4× P-cores
- Turbo clock
- 4.7 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.9 GHz
4× E-cores
- Turbo clock
- 3.4 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.5 GHz
8× E-cores
- Turbo clock
- 3.5 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.5 GHz
4× LPE-cores
- Turbo clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.5 GHz
4× LPE-cores
- Turbo clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.5 GHz
Cache
L3 cache18 MB
L3 cache18 MB
L2 cache20 MB
L2 cache24 MB
L1 cache1792 KB
L1 cache2176 KB
TDP
TDP25 W
TDP25 W
Min. - Max.15 - 65 W
Min. - Max.15 - 80 W
Max temperature100 °C
Max temperature100 °C
Connectivity
Memory supportLPDDR5x-8533
Memory supportLPDDR5x-8533DDR5-7200
Memory channels2
Memory channels2
PCIe version5.0, 4.0
PCIe version5.0, 4.0
PCIe lanes4, 8
PCIe lanes12, 8
Graphics
ModelIntel Arc B370
ModelIntel Graphics
iGPU architectureXe3
iGPU architectureXe3
Execution units10
Execution units4
Clock2400 MHz
Clock2450 MHz
AI
Total TOPS145
Total TOPS90
NPU TOPS47
NPU TOPS50
iGPU TOPS98
iGPU TOPS40