Ultra 7 258V vs Pentium U5400

Place in the ranking	3048	614
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	no data
Power efficiency	no data	69.09
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date	25 May 2010 (14 years ago)	24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium U5400 and Core Ultra 7 258V basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	4.8 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	37 MHz
Multiplier	9	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	192 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	3 nm
Die size	81+114 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	384 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium U5400 and Core Ultra 7 258V compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	BGA1288	Intel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium U5400 and Core Ultra 7 258V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	-	+
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium U5400 and Core Ultra 7 258V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium U5400 and Core Ultra 7 258V are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	+
VT-x	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium U5400 and Core Ultra 7 258V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.799 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	Arc 140V
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium U5400 and Core Ultra 7 258V integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium U5400 and Core Ultra 7 258V.

PCIe version	2.0	5.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium U5400 0.35

Ultra 7 258V 12.45
+3457%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Pentium U5400 552

Ultra 7 258V 19773
+3482%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium U5400 1286

Ultra 7 258V 9982
+677%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium U5400 2599

Ultra 7 258V 36479
+1304%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium U5400 1126

Ultra 7 258V 10693
+850%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Pentium U5400 1

Ultra 7 258V 20
+2421%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.35	12.45
Recency	25 May 2010	24 September 2024
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	3 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	17 Watt

Ultra 7 258V has a 3457.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 966.7% more advanced lithography process, and 5.9% lower power consumption.

The Core Ultra 7 258V is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium U5400 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium U5400 and Core Ultra 7 258V, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.