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Rate My PC: Intel Core Ultra 7 266V + AMD Radeon 8050S

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Top 9% of systems. Capable of 4K Ultra gaming and advanced rendering.

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System Balance Analysis

CPU vs GPU performance ratio
Well Balanced
CPU
86%
VS
GPU
97%
PROCESSOR

Intel Core Ultra 7 266V

23,297 Benchmark Score
Top 14% Market Ranking
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AMD Radeon 8050S

62,108 Benchmark Score
Top 3% Market Ranking
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Market Position

How your build compares to others
Budget
0-30
Mid-Range
30-60
High-End
60-85
Enthusiast
85-100
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Performance Tiers Explained

90-100

Ultimate

4K Ultra gaming, VR ready, ray tracing enabled, professional workloads

4K 60+ FPS VR Ready
70-89

High-End

1440p Ultra or 4K High settings, excellent for modern AAA titles

1440p Ultra 4K High
50-69

Mid-Range

1080p Ultra or 1440p Medium, great value for most gamers

1080p Ultra 1440p Med
30-49

Entry Level

1080p Medium settings, suitable for eSports and older titles

1080p Med eSports
0-29

Legacy

Basic gaming, older titles, consider upgrading for modern games

720p-1080p Low Older Games

# CPU Analysis

The Intel Core Ultra 7 266V is a mobile processor built on the Lunar Lake architecture, manufactured on a 3 nm process by TSMC. It features 8 cores and 8 threads, with a base clock of 2.20 GHz and a boost clock of 5.00 GHz. The chip carries a 17 W TDP, positioning it firmly in the low-power mobile segment, which is consistent with its Intel BGA 2833 socket and mobile market segment classification. The cache hierarchy includes 192 KB of L1 per core, 2.5 MB of L2 per core, and 12 MB of shared L3 cache, providing a total of 12 MB of last-level cache. Memory support is LPDDR5X, with a dual-channel memory bus delivering 136.5 GB/s of bandwidth, a figure that directly influences both CPU and integrated GPU performance since the system memory is shared.

Benchmark results place this CPU in the 76th percentile among all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 23297. The nearest rival, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, scores 23277, a delta of 0.1% — essentially a statistical tie. The Intel Core i9-11900F is also nearly identical at 23254, just 0.2% behind. The Intel Core Ultra 9 288V, a higher-tier part in the same family, scores 23219, meaning this Ultra 7 266V actually outperforms it by 0.3%. The AMD EPYC 4124P trails slightly at 23167, a 0.6% gap. These deltas indicate that the Ultra 7 266V sits at a performance plateau where several very different processors converge, but its 17 W TDP is dramatically lower than the desktop-class rivals, suggesting exceptional efficiency per unit of performance.

In multi-threaded workloads, the Cinebench R23 multicore score of 16544 demonstrates strong sustained throughput for a mobile part, while the single-core score of 2335 indicates robust per-thread performance, likely benefiting from the 5.00 GHz boost clock. Passmark results further break down the workload profile: integer math scores 41558, floating-point math scores 56923, and extended instructions score 15928, showing balanced execution across different instruction types. Data compression scores 187050, while data encryption scores 13822, indicating that compression tasks benefit significantly from the architecture, whereas encryption is more moderate. Find prime numbers scores just 191, a relatively low figure that suggests the CPU is not optimized for this specific integer-heavy, branch-intensive workload. Multithread scoring at 19461 and single-thread at 3943 confirm the chip's capability in both lightly-threaded and fully-loaded scenarios. Physics calculations score 1608, and random string sorting scores 22905, rounding out a profile that is versatile but not specialized for any single task.

# Usage Scenarios

High-refresh gaming: The combined CPU and GPU performance, with the CPU at the 76th percentile and the GPU at the 89th percentile, supports high-refresh gaming at moderate settings. The CPU's single-thread score of 3943 in Passmark ensures that frame pacing in CPU-bound scenarios is unlikely to bottleneck, though exact FPS figures are not available for this pairing.

Streaming: The CPU's 8 cores and 8 threads, combined with a 17 W TDP, suggest that encoding workloads will run efficiently, but the lack of hyper-threading means simultaneous gaming and encoding may strain the thread count. The Cinebench R23 multicore score of 16544 indicates enough headroom for lighter streaming tasks, though dedicated encoding hardware would be preferable for serious broadcasters.

Video editing: The Passmark data compression score of 187050 and floating-point math score of 56923 indicate strong performance in codec-heavy and transform-based tasks, making this CPU suitable for 1080p and some 4K editing timelines. The 12 MB L3 cache helps keep frequently accessed data close to the cores, reducing latency in sequential editing operations.

3D rendering: The Cinebench R15 multicore score of 1667 and R20 multicore score of 6948 place this CPU in a mid-range rendering tier, comparable to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H. For occasional rendering tasks, this is adequate, but sustained heavy renders will be limited by the 17 W thermal envelope, which will throttle long workloads.

Software development: The single-thread performance of 2335 in Cinebench R23 and 3943 in Passmark single-thread tests accelerates compilation of single translation units, while the multithread score of 19461 in Passmark handles parallel builds across 8 threads. The data encryption score of 13822 suggests moderate performance for secure development pipelines.

Student and office work: With a low 17 W TDP and strong single-thread scores, this CPU excels in battery-conscious productivity environments. The Passmark single-thread score of 3943 ensures snappy UI response, while the 136.5 GB/s memory bandwidth supports rapid file access and multitasking across office applications.

# Benchmark Performance

The CPU's average benchmark score is 23297, placing it at the 76th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals are all within 0.6% of its score: the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H at 23277 (+0.1% delta), the Intel Core i9-11900F at 23254 (+0.2%), the Intel Core Ultra 9 288V at 23219 (+0.3%), and the AMD EPYC 4124P at 23167 (+0.6%). This clustering means that in raw CPU throughput, the Ultra 7 266V is functionally indistinguishable from these competitors, despite their vastly different power envelopes and market positions.

The GPU, an AMD Radeon 8050S based on the Strix Halo chip with RDNA 3.5 architecture, scores 65818 in Geekbench OpenCL and 58398 in Geekbench Vulkan, with an average benchmark score of 62108. This places it in the 89th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M at 61896 (0.3% behind), the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 at 63693 (2.5% ahead), the AMD Radeon RX 7600M at 63775 (2.6% ahead), and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP at 63830 (2.7% ahead). The GPU is thus competitive with mid-range laptop discrete graphics, despite being an integrated part (IGP) with a 55 W TDP.

The combined system percentile is 83, reflecting that the CPU and GPU together perform above the vast majority of laptop configurations. The GPU's higher percentile (89) relative to the CPU (76) indicates that, in this pairing, graphics performance is the stronger component. The CPU's benchmark scores, while competitive, are more modest in their ranking, meaning that CPU-bound tasks will be less exceptional than GPU-bound tasks.

# Balance and Bottleneck

The data indicates a system where the GPU outpaces the CPU in relative performance. The GPU sits at the 89th percentile, while the CPU is at the 76th percentile — a 13-percentage-point gap. In GPU-intensive workloads, such as gaming at high resolutions or rendering with ray tracing, the CPU is likely to become the limiting factor, as it must feed the GPU with draw calls and physics calculations. The CPU's 8 threads, without hyper-threading, may struggle in titles that leverage more than 8 threads, potentially causing frame drops in CPU-bound scenes.

Conversely, in CPU-intensive tasks like data compression (score 187050) or floating-point math (56923), the GPU remains idle, and the CPU's modest percentile ranking becomes the sole determinant of performance. The memory bandwidth of 136.5 GB/s is shared between the CPU and GPU, which could create contention in mixed workloads, though the dual-channel LPDDR5X configuration is adequate for both. The GPU's memory is system shared, meaning its bandwidth is system dependent, so heavy GPU usage will consume memory bandwidth that the CPU might otherwise use.

The FPS scaling, while not measured for this exact combination, can be inferred from the percentile gap. In titles that scale well with GPU performance, the system will perform near the GPU's 89th percentile, but in CPU-limited titles, performance will drop toward the CPU's 76th percentile. This creates a bottleneck profile where the CPU is the more likely constraint, particularly at lower resolutions where frame rates are higher and CPU overhead increases.

# Who Should Build It

This pairing is designed for laptop builds targeting users who want strong graphics performance in a portable form factor. Gamers playing at 1080p on medium-to-high settings will benefit from the GPU's 89th percentile ranking, which places it above the AMD Radeon RX 7600M. Content creators working with GPU-accelerated effects in video editing or 3D applications will find the Radeon 8050S's OpenCL score of 65818 and Vulkan score of 58398 useful for rendering previews and final exports.

Software developers who prioritize compilation speed and run local virtual machines will appreciate the CPU's 8 cores and strong single-thread performance, though the lack of hyper-threading may limit parallel build scalability. Students and office workers who need a laptop for everyday tasks will benefit from the 17 W CPU TDP, which enables longer battery life, and the 76th percentile CPU performance ensures smooth multitasking. Small business workstations that run productivity suites, manage databases, and occasionally handle light graphics work will find this configuration balanced, with the GPU providing headroom for unexpected graphical demands.

# Gaming Performance

The FACT PACK contains no measured FPS data for this exact CPU+GPU combination. The measuredFpsUltraByGame field is empty, and dataIsMeasured is false. All FPS figures discussed here are estimates derived from the benchmark scores and must be treated as approximations, not empirical results.

Based on the GPU's Geekbench scores (65818 OpenCL, 58398 Vulkan) and its 89th percentile ranking, this system should handle modern titles at 1080p with high settings, achieving playable frame rates in most games. The GPU's 11.47 TFLOPS FP32 throughput and 179.2 GPixel/s pixel rate suggest strong fill-rate performance, which benefits games with heavy post-processing effects. The 358.4 GTexel/s texture rate supports high-resolution texture packs.

For e-sports titles, the CPU's single-thread score of 3943 in Passmark and 2335 in Cinebench R23 should sustain high frame rates, though the 8-thread limit may cause occasional stutter in games that spawn many background threads. For AAA titles at 1440p, the GPU's performance relative to the Radeon RX 7600M (2.6% behind) suggests that medium settings would be required for smooth gameplay, while 1080p high settings are more realistic. Ray tracing performance, supported by 32 RT cores, will be modest, likely requiring reduced resolution or DLSS-like upscaling (though this is an AMD GPU, so FSR would be the applicable technology).

# GPU Analysis

The AMD Radeon 8050S is a mobile integrated graphics processor built on the Strix Halo chip, using the RDNA 3.5 architecture on a 4 nm TSMC process. The chip measures 308 mm² and contains 2048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 raster output units. Ray tracing is handled by 32 dedicated RT cores, and the GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, making it fully compatible with modern graphics APIs.

The clock speeds are 1295 MHz base and 2800 MHz boost, which drive the pixel rate to 179.2 GPixel/s and texture rate to 358.4 GTexel/s. The FP32 throughput is 11.47 TFLOPS, with FP16 also at 11.47 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio), indicating that half-precision workloads receive no extra throughput boost. Memory is system shared, with no dedicated VRAM, meaning the GPU draws from the system's LPDDR5X memory, and bandwidth is system dependent, typically around the 136.5 GB/s available to the CPU. The GPU's TDP is 55 W, and it uses no power connectors, as it is an IGP integrated into the laptop motherboard.

Benchmark results place the GPU at the 89th percentile, with an average score of 62108. The nearest rival, the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M, scores 61896, just 0.3% behind, indicating near-identical performance. The AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 scores 63693, 2.5% ahead, while the AMD Radeon RX 7600M scores 63775, 2.6% ahead, and the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT LP scores 63830, 2.7% ahead. This places the 8050S in a tight cluster of mid-range discrete GPUs, despite being an integrated solution, which confirms the efficiency of the RDNA 3.5 architecture and the high memory bandwidth available.

For rendering applications, the OpenCL score of 65818 indicates strong compute performance, suitable for GPU-accelerated rendering in Blender or Adobe Premiere. The Vulkan score of 58398 suggests good performance in Vulkan-based renderers and games. The 32 RT cores provide hardware acceleration for ray-traced effects, though the overall RT performance will be limited by the 11.47 TFLOPS FP32 throughput, which is modest compared to dedicated high-end RTX GPUs.

# FAQ

Q: How does the Intel Core Ultra 7 266V compare to the AMD Ryzen 7 5800H?

A: The two CPUs are statistically tied. The Ultra 7 266V has an average benchmark score of 23297, while the Ryzen 7 5800H scores 23277, a delta of just 0.1%. This means no meaningful performance difference in average workloads.

Q: What is the GPU's percentile ranking among all GPUs?

A: The AMD Radeon 8050S sits in the 89th percentile of all GPUs, with an average benchmark score of 62108. This places it above the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (61896) and slightly below the AMD Radeon RX 7600M (63775, 2.6% higher).

Q: Does this CPU support ECC memory?

A: No. The FACT PACK lists eccMemory as false, so error-correcting memory is not supported.

Q: What is the CPU's TDP and how does it affect performance?

A: The CPU has a 17 W TDP, which is very low for a mobile processor. Despite this, it achieves a 76th percentile ranking, meaning it outperforms 76% of all CPUs while consuming minimal power, though sustained heavy workloads may cause thermal throttling.

Q: Is there measured gaming FPS data for this CPU+GPU combination?

A: No. The FACT PACK contains no measured FPS data for this exact pairing. All gaming performance figures are estimates derived from the CPU and GPU benchmark scores, not empirical measurements.

Q: What memory type does this system use?

A: The CPU supports LPDDR5X memory, with a dual-channel bus delivering 136.5 GB/s of bandwidth. The GPU uses system shared memory, meaning it accesses the same LPDDR5X memory pool.

Q: How does the GPU compare to the AMD Radeon RX 7600M?

A: The Radeon 8050S scores 62108 on average, while the Radeon RX 7600M scores 63775, making the RX 7600M 2.6% faster. This is a small gap, indicating near-parity in most gaming scenarios.

# Upgrade Path and Platform

The CPU uses the Intel BGA 2833 socket, which is a soldered mobile socket, meaning the CPU is not upgradeable in a traditional sense. The platform is built around the Lunar Lake architecture, with PCIe Gen 5 support providing 4 lanes for the CPU, which limits expansion options for high-bandwidth devices like discrete GPUs or NVMe storage. The GPU, however, uses a PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, though it is an IGP with no power connectors, so it cannot be removed or replaced. Memory is LPDDR5X soldered to the motherboard, with capacity dependent on the motherboard design, and is not upgradeable post-purchase.

The CPU's TDP is 17 W, and the GPU's TDP is 55 W, totaling 72 W for the core components. The suggested PSU is null in the FACT PACK, but given the low combined TDP, a modest power supply would suffice for a laptop, though the exact wattage is not specified. The system's upgrade path is essentially limited to external peripherals and storage via available ports, as the CPU, GPU, and memory are all fixed. Given the 76th percentile CPU and 89th percentile GPU, a sensible next upgrade would be to a laptop with a higher-tier CPU (such as the Intel Core Ultra 9 288V, which scores 0.3% lower, so not a meaningful upgrade) or a discrete GPU for significantly higher graphics performance, though this would require a different platform entirely.

# Build Overview

This is a laptop build (buildClass: laptop) pairing the Intel Core Ultra 7 266V with the AMD Radeon 8050S. The CPU is a 8-core, 8-thread Lunar Lake part with a 17 W TDP, while the GPU is a Strix Halo-based integrated solution with RDNA 3.5 architecture and a 55 W TDP, using system shared memory. The combined system percentile is 83, indicating that this configuration outperforms 83% of all systems in the benchmark database.

The CPU's 76th percentile and the GPU's 89th percentile combine to create a system that is stronger in graphics than in compute. The GPU's performance, which rivals discrete mid-range options like the Radeon RX 7600M, makes this a compelling choice for gaming and GPU-accelerated creative work, while the CPU's efficiency at 17 W TDP ensures long battery life for portable use. The overall tier is upper-mid-range laptop, with the GPU providing the standout performance and the CPU delivering solid, efficient compute that is comparable to desktop parts from several generations ago, all within a low-power mobile envelope.