The Dell Pro Max 16 is available with the following CPUs:

• Intel Core Ultra 5 235H vPro (14 cores/14 threads, up to 5.0GHz, 18MB cache)
• Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (16 cores/16 threads, up to 5.10GHz, 24MB cache)
• Intel Core Ultra 7 265H vPro (16 cores/16 threads, up to 5.30GHz, 24MB cache)
• Intel Core Ultra 9 285H vPro (16 cores/16 threads, up to 5.40GHz, 24MB cache)

All four CPUs are high-performance mobile chips (from the Arrow Lake family) designed for general productivity, as well as demanding tasks like simulations, virtual machines, and data analysis. Following their Meteor Lake predecessors, they have the same core composition comprising performance, efficiency, and low-power efficiency cores, with the Core Ultra 5 235H sporting four, eight, and two (4P+8E+2LP-E), respectively, and the Core Ultra 7s and 9 boasting six, eight, and two (6P+8E+2LP-E). Regarding AI capability, while these chips can handle AI tasks using the CPU cores, their NPUs (Neural Processing Units) are relatively weak at a rated performance of 13 TOPS (Trillions of Operations Per Second), falling short of the 40 TOPS required for Microsoft’s CoPilot+.

Performance-wise, the Core Ultra 9 is naturally the fastest of the gang, running at the fastest clock speeds. The Core Ultra 7s are only slightly slower, while the Core Ultra 5 is noticeably slower, as it has two fewer performance cores.

See more information about the Arrow Lake CPUs in Intel’s product brief.