The 258V is the sweet spot in the Lunar Lake range combining power efficiency with top Arc 140V integrated graphics for $1.6K
AMD's Radeon 890M is the direct competitor and currently only available in $4K+ laptops with the slower Radeon 880M available in $2K+ laptops
Depending on the game, the 140V and Radeon 890M are similar in performance with the 140V pulling ahead once XeSS and FSR are used
Intel Arc 140V vs Radeon 890M - Lunar Lake iGPU 1080p benchmarks!
Intel Lunar Lake Review - Ultra 7 258V is Almost Perfect
On AI workloads, Intel with IPEX has already surpassed AMD with ROCm on running local AI and LLM's and this will continue widening with desktop Arc / Battlemage being announced in a few days
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Intel Core Ultra 7 258V, 8C (4P + 4LPE) / 8T, P-core 2.2 / 4.8GHz, LPE-core 2.2 / 3.7GHz, 12MB
32GB soldered LPDDR5X-8533, dual-channel, not upgradable
1TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0x4 NVMe
Integrated Intel Arc Graphics 140V
14" WUXGA 1920x1200 16:10 CineCrystal (Glare) OLED, 400nits, 100% DCI-P3, TUV Low Blue Light Eyesafe, 60Hz
2x Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40Gbps (support data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0 and DisplayPort 1.4), 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1x HDMI, 1x Headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm)
Intel Killer 1750i Wi-Fi 7 11be + BT5.4
QHD 1440p with Camera Shutter webcam
White Backlight Keyboard + AI Lighting Touchpad + Power Keycap Fingerprint Reader
Aluminium (Top), Aluminium (Bottom) case
65Wh battery
65W USB-C charger
312.4 x 221.2 x 15.9mm
1.28 kg
1 Year Warranty
Windows 11 Home
doesn't a 60Hz display totally kill the deal?