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Rate My PC: Intel Core Ultra 7 268V + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

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Intel Core Ultra 7 268V

20,897 Benchmark Score

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The Intel Core Ultra 7 268V paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile is an unusual laptop combination: an efficiency-focused Lunar Lake processor sitting alongside a high-tier discrete mobile GPU. The data shows a build that lands in the 78th percentile overall, with the GPU clearly carrying the performance identity while the CPU plays a supporting, power-frugal role. No measured FPS data exists for this exact pairing in the database — all frame-rate discussion below is estimated from the benchmark scores, not measured.

Balance and Bottleneck

This is a GPU-forward pairing, and the percentile split makes that plain. The RTX 4080 Mobile sits in the 81st percentile versus all GPUs, while the Core Ultra 7 268V sits in the 74th percentile versus all CPUs. That gap looks modest on paper, but the architecture behind the numbers matters more: the 268V is an eight-core, eight-thread Lunar Lake chip with a 17 W TDP, designed for thin-and-light efficiency, while the RTX 4080 Mobile is a 110 W Ada Lovelace part with 7424 shading units and 24.72 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput.

The practical consequence is that graphically heavy workloads will run well and CPU-heavy workloads will define the ceiling. In modern games that scale with GPU horsepower, the RTX 4080 Mobile should remain the limiting factor at higher resolutions and settings — which is what you want. In simulation-style titles, heavy physics, or poorly threaded engines that lean on a few strong cores, the eight threads of the 268V become the constraint. Its PassMark physics score of 1617 and single-thread score of 4051 are solid for its power class but not in the territory of higher-wattage mobile chips.

The compression and encryption numbers reinforce the picture: a PassMark data compression score of 181443 and encryption score of 13779 are competent for a 17 W part, comparable in aggregate to the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE (deltaPct 0 versus the 268V's average score), but they will not feed a render pipeline or a stream as quickly as a multi-core H-series CPU would. The CPU is the bottleneck; the GPU is rarely starved.

Usage Scenarios

High-refresh gaming. With a GPU in the 81st percentile and a PassMark G3D score of 24926, this pairing is estimated to handle high-refresh gaming at 1080p comfortably in most titles, with the CPU becoming the limiter in frame-rate-sensitive competitive games where eight threads can cap scaling. At 1440p and above, the GPU takes over and the balance improves.

Streaming. Streaming while gaming asks the CPU to encode and manage the stream alongside the game. The 268V's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 10653 and Geekbench multi-core score of 9963 indicate enough headroom for a single-stream setup, but simultaneous heavy scene-switching, overlays, and chat will eat into that. A dual-PC or GPU-assisted encode approach is advisable if the stream is serious.

Video editing. Timeline scrubbing and GPU-accelerated effects will feel strong thanks to 432.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a Geekbench OpenCL score of 159575. Multi-threaded exports will be the weak point — the R23 multi-core score of 10653 is mid-pack — so editing is comfortable, final renders are patient.

3D rendering. Viewport work will be fluid, and the 232 tensor cores plus 58 RT cores give renderers that use RT or tensor acceleration a genuine path to fast results. Pure CPU rendering, benchmarked at 10653 in R23 multi-core, is the slow lane here; render on the GPU whenever the engine allows.

Software development. The single-core numbers are the story: a Geekbench single-core score of 2270 and R23 single-core of 1921 are strong results, and compile times for single-threaded-heavy projects scale well with exactly this. Full parallel builds cap at eight threads — fine for most projects, restrictive for large monorepos.

Student and office work. This is where the 268V shines. A 17 W TDP with a 74th-percentile aggregate score means responsive everyday performance with excellent battery efficiency — documents, browsing, video calls, and light photo editing all fall well within its capabilities.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU's complete benchmark picture:

| Test | Score |

|---|---|

| Cinebench R15 Multi / Single | 1616 / 293 |

| Cinebench R20 Multi / Single | 6887 / 972 |

| Cinebench R23 Multi / Single | 10653 / 1921 |

| Geekbench Multi / Single | 9963 / 2270 |

| PassMark MultiThread / SingleThread | 19297 / 4051 |

| PassMark Physics | 1617 |

| PassMark Integer Math / Floating Point | 42669 / 57628 |

| PassMark Compression / Encryption | 181443 / 13779 |

The average benchmark score is 20897, placing the chip in the 74th percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals tell a revealing story: the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE matches it exactly at deltaPct 0, the Intel Core i5-12600T sits at deltaPct -0.1, the AMD EPYC 7J13 at deltaPct 0.2, and the Intel Core Ultra 5 125U at deltaPct 0.3. In other words, this Ultra 7 trades blows with a mix of desktop efficiency chips, an older low-power desktop APU, and a server part — a mid-pack aggregate built on excellent single-core speed rather than thread count.

The GPU side:

| Test | Score |

|---|---|

| Geekbench OpenCL | 159575 |

| Geekbench Vulkan | 145807 |

| PassMark G3D | 24926 |

| PassMark GPU Compute | 11191 |

| PassMark DirectX 9 / 10 | 286 / 157 |

| PassMark DirectX 11 / 12 | 244 / 96 |

The average GPU score of 38135 puts the RTX 4080 Mobile in the 81st percentile. Its rivals: the NVIDIA GeForce MX570 at deltaPct -0.4, the RTX 5080 Mobile at deltaPct -0.6, the RTX 4070 desktop at deltaPct 1.3, and the Tesla P4 at deltaPct 1.3. That cluster is tighter than it looks — these averages blend compute and graphics tests, so treat the aggregate as a tier indicator rather than a gaming verdict. The combined build percentile of 78 summarizes the pairing: upper-quartile overall, with the GPU slightly outclassing the CPU.

Who Should Build It

Or rather, who should buy it, since this is a laptop-class pairing with the CPU on an Intel BGA 2833 package and the GPU integrated into the system. The target buyer is someone who wants strong graphics performance in a portable chassis without the battery and thermal cost of a full gaming-rig CPU.

Content creators who edit video, do color work, or run GPU-accelerated 3D tools will get the most from the RTX 4080 Mobile's 12 GB of GDDR6 and tensor core support for AI-assisted features. Developers working on mid-size codebases, data science workloads, or machine learning prototyping will find the single-core speed (2270 Geekbench single-core) excellent and the 12 GB of VRAM genuinely useful for smaller model experimentation. Students and office users who occasionally game or create will find the 17 W CPU side ideal for all-day use. Enthusiasts chasing maximum frame rates in CPU-bound competitive titles or running heavily multi-threaded production workloads should look elsewhere — eight threads at 10653 R23 multi-core is the ceiling, and there is no multiplier unlocking to escape it (multiplierUnlocked is false).

Small business workstations for CAD-lite, GIS, or visualization work also fit: the PassMark G3D score of 24926 and DirectX 12 Ultimate support handle professional viewports comfortably.

CPU Analysis

The Core Ultra 7 268V is a Lunar Lake part, built on TSMC's 3 nm process, with eight cores and eight threads — no SMT — running a 2.20 GHz base and 5.00 GHz boost. The cache structure is generous for the core count: 192 KB of L1 and 2.5 MB of L2 per core, plus 12 MB of shared L3. That large per-core L2 is characteristic of Lunar Lake's efficiency-first design, keeping hot data close so the chip spends less energy chasing main memory.

And efficiency is the point. A 17 W TDP with a 5.00 GHz boost clock and a 74th-percentile aggregate score is a strong efficiency story — the 268V delivers desktop-adjacent single-core responsiveness (2270 Geekbench single-core, 4051 PassMark single-thread) in a power envelope built for thin laptops. The multi-core reality is different: 10653 in R23 and 19297 in PassMark multithread reflect the eight-thread ceiling. Workloads that scale across many cores — heavy renders, code compilation at scale, scientific simulation — will finish slower than the single-core numbers suggest.

The memory support field is listed as depending on the motherboard, with a dual-channel bus, and there is no ECC. PCIe is Gen 5 with 4 lanes from the CPU, which is enough for a fast NVMe SSD but worth noting for anyone planning storage-heavy workflows. The integrated Arc 140V graphics handle display duties when the discrete GPU is idle, which is exactly the right arrangement for battery life. Released on 2024-09-23 as an active mobile-segment part, it is a current-generation choice, not a legacy leftover.

Gaming Performance

To be clear once more: the database contains no measured FPS rows for this exact CPU+GPU pairing, and dataIsMeasured is false. Everything here is an estimate derived from the benchmark scores.

Starting from the PassMark G3D score of 24926 and the 81st GPU percentile, the RTX 4080 Mobile is estimated to deliver high-refresh 1080p gameplay in most modern AAA titles at ultra settings, and comfortable 1440p ultra play in the majority of them, with the heaviest ray-traced titles leaning on the 58 RT cores and DLSS-class tensor acceleration (232 tensor cores) to hold frame rates up. The DirectX 12 score of 96 and DirectX 11 score of 244 in PassMark's specific subtests are lower-level indicators and should not be read as frame rates — they are component diagnostics within the broader G3D aggregate.

The CPU is where estimates get conditional. In GPU-bound scenarios — 1440p and 4K, ultra settings — the 268V's eight threads will rarely hold the GPU back, and the pairing should behave like a straightforward upper-tier gaming laptop. In CPU-bound scenarios — competitive titles at 1080p chasing very high frame rates, open-world games with heavy simulation — the physics score of 1617 and single-thread score of 4051 suggest a ceiling below what higher-wattage gaming CPUs reach. Estimate accordingly: excellent 1440p ultra performance, very good 1080p performance, with 1% lows in CPU-heavy engines being the most likely place this pairing falls behind.

GPU Analysis

The RTX 4080 Mobile is an AD104-based Ada Lovelace GPU on TSMC's 5 nm process, with 35,800 million transistors packed into a 294 mm² die at 121.8M transistors per mm². It runs a 1290 MHz base and 1665 MHz boost clock, with memory at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective). The memory subsystem is 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus, delivering 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth — sufficient for the GPU's stated rasterization throughput of 24.72 TFLOPS FP32.

The hardware feature set is full Ada: 7424 shading units, 232 TMUs generating 386.3 GTexel/s, 80 ROPs producing 133.2 GPixel/s, 58 RT cores for hardware ray tracing, and 232 tensor cores for AI upscaling and accelerated compute. API support runs to DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6, meaning every current rendering feature set is covered. FP16 throughput matches FP32 at 1:1, doubling effective throughput where half-precision is acceptable — relevant for inference work.

The compute benchmarks back this up. Geekbench OpenCL at 159575 and Vulkan at 145807 are strong results that indicate real GPU-compute capability, not just gaming silicon. The PassMark GPU Compute score of 11191 in isolation looks modest, but the OpenCL and Vulkan numbers, combined with the 81st percentile aggregate, suggest the GPU is well-suited to rendering engines that target OpenCL or Vulkan, and to creative applications using GPU acceleration. The 110 W TDP is the thermal envelope to respect: performance in a given laptop chassis depends on how well that power budget is cooled, since mobile GPU clocks vary by design.

FAQ

Q: Is this a good combination for gaming?

A: Yes for 1440p-class gaming. The GPU sits in the 81st percentile with a PassMark G3D score of 24926, while the CPU's eight threads may cap performance in CPU-bound competitive titles. Note that no measured FPS data exists for this pairing; these are estimates from benchmark scores.

Q: Does the Core Ultra 7 268V support overclocking?

A: No. multiplierUnlocked is false, and it is a mobile BGA 2833 part soldered to the board, so neither CPU nor board-level tuning is available.

Q: How does the CPU compare to its rivals?

A: Its average score of 20897 is statistically tied with the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4655GE (deltaPct 0), the Intel Core i5-12600T (deltaPct -0.1), the AMD EPYC 7J13 (deltaPct 0.2), and the Intel Core Ultra 5 125U (deltaPct 0.3) — a mid-pack aggregate position.

Q: Is 12 GB of VRAM enough?

A: For this performance tier, generally yes. The 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 432.0 GB/s of bandwidth is adequate for 1440p gaming and useful for content creation and small-scale AI work on the 232 tensor cores.

Q: Can this laptop handle video editing?

A: Comfortably for editing, with the GPU OpenCL score of 159575 accelerating effects. Final exports depend on the CPU, where the R23 multi-core score of 10653 is mid-tier — expect reasonable rather than fast render times.

Q: What PCIe and memory support does the CPU offer?

A: PCIe Gen 5 with 4 lanes from the CPU, a dual-channel memory bus, no ECC. Specific memory support depends on the motherboard/system implementation.

Q: How power-efficient is this build?

A: The CPU's 17 W TDP is exceptionally low, while the GPU's 110 W TDP defines the load ceiling under gaming or rendering. Efficiency at idle and light load is where this pairing excels.

Build Overview

This is a laptop-class pairing (buildClass: laptop) combining Intel's Core Ultra Series 2 efficiency flagship, the Core Ultra 7 268V on the 3 nm Lunar Lake architecture, with NVIDIA's Ada Lovelace RTX 4080 Mobile on the 5 nm AD104 die. The combined percentile of 78 places it in the upper quartile of all tracked pairings — a genuinely high-performing portable system with a clear character: GPU muscle backed by an efficiency-first processor.

The strength of the pairing is coherence. The 268V's 17 W envelope leaves thermal room for the 110 W GPU in a constrained chassis, and its excellent single-core scores (2270 Geekbench single-core, 1921 R23 single-core) keep everyday responsiveness snappy. The limitation is equally clear: eight threads cap multi-core throughput at 10653 R23, and no rival comparison or tuning changes that. Buyers who weight graphics, portability, and battery life above multi-threaded grunt get a well-matched combination; buyers who need sustained all-core performance should look at higher-wattage CPU pairings with the same GPU class.

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