We benchmarked a retail model Asus Zenbook S 14 with Intel's new and true AI-ready Lunar Lake platform and saw standard-setting battery results.

Astounding battery life and massive leaps forward in CPU and GPU performance prove that Intel is done messing around. Click here for Lunar Lake benchmarks.

We tested Intel's latest Lunar Lake GPU in the Core Ultra 9 288V to see how it stacks up against both the previous generation Meteor Lake graphics as well as AMD's Ryzen AI graphics, Radeon 980M. There are promising signs but also lingering concerns about Intel's drivers and optimizations.

Lunar Lake is the codename given to the company's latest round of Intel Core Ultra 200V chips. And the company has a lot to prove since it's Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite and Snapdragon X Plus laptop chips that are making strides to allow Windows CoPilot+ PCs to compete against Apple's M-series chips inside the best MacBooks.

Lunar Lake is Intel’s Snapdragon killer. Intel’s Core Ultra Series 2 (Lunar Lake) was specifically designed to emphasize low power, but with competitive performance. In this it somewhat succeeds, though the Core Ultra 7 258V chip I tested can still run a distant second,

If you're considering a Lunar Lake-powered laptop and want the best battery life possible, the obvious choice is the Dell XPS 13, but make sure you opt for the non-OLED version. With 18 hours and 34 minutes of battery life, you won't have to worry about bringing a charger along to have enough power for a full day at work or school.

Intel's new Core Ultra 7 268V 'Lunar Lake' CPU tested: better single-core perofrmance than AMD's new Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 'Strix Point' APU.