Intel Panther Lake Shows Strong Linux CPU Performance & Power Efficiency With Core Ultra X7 358H Benchmarks
The Core Ultra X7 358H was faster than the Core Ultra 7 155H Meteor Lake laptop in compiling the Linux kernel but behind the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 and Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 when these laptops were all at their defaults on Ubuntu 26.04 -- namely with regard to the balanced performance default profile. With the power efficiency of the Intel Core Ultra X7 358H was extremely interesting for developers on the go.
For code compilation tasks, the Core Ultra X7 358H was faster than Lunar Lake and Arrow Lake while delivering class-leading power efficiency.
It would be interesting to see how Panther Lake stacks up against AMD Strix Halo albeit as mentioned that HP ZBook G1a review sample was since returned without any other Strix Halo review hardware right now.
The power efficiency of the Core Ultra X7 358H was in great shape for those doing a lot of code development on the go or even running a source-based Linux distribution.
For those wanting to trade some power efficiency for even faster build times, as mentioned the performance profile benchmarks are coming in the next few days once they and the power-saver run wrap up.