The appearance of the new Intel “Lunar Lake” Core Ultra 7 254V SKU

Benchmark databases have started to show Intel’s unknown Core Ultra 7 254V, which may be a purposefully reduced member of the “Lunar Lake” family intended at more reasonably priced laptops, according to the figures. With a multicore score of 17,327 and a single-core score of 4,089, according to PassMark, the 254V performs substantially worse in multithreaded tasks than the 256V and 258V, while its single-thread performance is comparable to that of other Core Ultra 7 chips. In keeping with Lunar Lake’s typical design, the listing also verifies an eight-core configuration and displays 12 MB of L3 cache. Integrated Arc 140V graphics running at around 2.0 GHz, a GPU clock comparable to higher-tier 7-series SKUs, are indicated by separate Furmark traces. This suggests that Intel may be binning an existing 256V to provide a less expensive option rather than building something completely new.

Since Lunar Lake uses LPDDR5X packaged inside the SoC, the memory configuration is still unknown. Suffixes have so far suggested RAM capacity, with 2x8V mapping to 32 GB and 2x6V mapping to 16 GB. We don’t know if a version with less than 16 GB of memory has ever been planned or shipped, and a 2x4V suffix would suggest an even smaller memory option, but no confirmed devices are shipping with the 254V yet. By providing effective battery life and respectable daily performance at a cheaper cost, the chip might expand Lunar Lake’s market reach if Intel releases it, making it a desirable option for prospective consumers on a tight budget.