CPULaptopReleased Dec 14, 2023

Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 165H

16C/22T · 5.0 GHz · 28 W

Flagship of the original Core Ultra H-series, launched on December 14, 2023 with Intel's first Meteor Lake laptops. Its six performance cores reach 5.0 GHz, and its eight-Xe-core Arc GPU runs at up to 2.3 GHz. It supports Intel vPro Enterprise and was used in premium thin-and-light, creator and business laptops of 2024; a socketed edge version is sold as the Core Ultra 7 165HL.

General

Manufacturer
Intel
Model
Intel Core Ultra 7 Processor 165H
Segment
Laptop
Generation
Core Ultra Series 1
Codename
Meteor Lake-H
Architecture
x86_64
Microarchitecture
Redwood Cove (P) / Crestmont (E)
Release date
Dec 14, 2023
Price
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
16 cores / 22 threadsP6+E8+LPE2
Base clock
1.40 GHz
Boost clock
5.00 GHz
TDP (design W)
28 W
Max: 115 W
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
—
L3 cache
24 MB
Technology (nm)
7 nm
Intel 4 (compute tile)

Platform

Socket
FCBGA2049
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
Intel Arc Graphics (8 Xe-cores)
Clock: 2,300 MHz
Memory type
LPDDR5X-7467, DDR5-5600
2-channel
Memory size
Up to 96 GB
ECC memory
✕ No
PCIe
PCIe 5.0 / 4.0 (28 lanes)

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
SSE4.1SSE4.2AVX2AES-NIIntel 64VT-xVT-dVT-x EPT (no AVX-512)
NPU
Intel AI Boost — 11 TOPS

OS support

Windows
Windows 10Windows 11 24H2Windows 11 25H2Windows 11 26H2
Linux
UbuntuFedoraArch Linux
Notes
Intel's Arc graphics driver for this processor supports Windows 10 (21H2) and Windows 11, while the Intel NPU driver is available for Windows 11 only. Microsoft lists Core Ultra (Series 1) on the Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 processor lists; 26H2's list is not yet published, so the 25H2 status is carried over. Linux runs from kernel 6.7 onward; the NPU uses the intel_vpu driver.

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