Intel Core 7 350

The Core 7 350 is a Wildcat Lake laptop chip built on the Intel 18A process and soldered to the motherboard. It uses the same 6-core layout as the Core 5 models, 2 performance cores and 4 low-power efficient cores with 6 threads, but runs them faster: up to 4.8 GHz on the performance cores and 3.6 GHz on the low-power cores. Its graphics clock and NPU rating are also the highest in the family. It supports up to 64 GB of DDR5-6400 or LPDDR5X-7467 memory on one channel, Thunderbolt 4 and PCIe 4.0.

The higher boost clock helps single-threaded tasks such as web pages, office apps and light photo edits feel snappy, so it and the Core 7 360 are the most responsive chips in the Wildcat Lake range. It still has only 6 threads and a 35 W turbo limit, so video exports, big code builds and heavy multitasking run slower than on chips with 10 or more cores. Treat it as a quick everyday chip rather than a workhorse.

The integrated Intel Graphics has 2 Xe-cores running at up to 2.6 GHz, with AV1 encode and decode and support for up to 3 displays at up to 4K 60 Hz. It handles streaming and office work easily but only very light or older games. The NPU is rated at 17 TOPS and runs Windows Studio Effects, but Copilot+ PC features need a 40 TOPS NPU.

The Core 7 150U it follows has 10 cores and 12 threads with a higher turbo power limit, so it keeps more multi-core headroom, while the 350 adds an NPU and a newer process. AMD's Ryzen 7 250 has 8 cores, 16 threads and Radeon 780M graphics and is the stronger all-rounder, and the Ryzen 5 230 also has more threads. The Core Ultra 5 225U brings 12 cores and 4 Xe-cores. The comparison pages below show each spec side by side.

Yes, if you want a budget or midrange laptop for office work, school and streaming and want the snappiest Wildcat Lake chip. Pick a model with at least 16 GB of memory, since the single memory channel makes capacity more important. If the price is close to a Ryzen 7 250 or Core Ultra 5 laptop, those give you more cores and better graphics for heavier work.