True, in the case of laptop processors, much depends on the cooling system of the specific model
The NotebookCheck resource took out a laptop based on the Core Ultra 7 165H (probably it was an engineering sample of the new generation MSI Prestige 16) and tested it in synthetic benchmarks. Unfortunately, at the moment the results are not encouraging.
We tested a laptop based on Core Ultra 7 165H in the Cinebench R15, R20 and R23 benchmarks with the following power limits: PL2 – 65 W, PL1 – 55 W. And we compared the results with the Core i7-13700H in the Dell Inspiron 16 Plus 7630 (PL1 – 53 W, PL2 – 89 W) and the AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS in the Lenovo ThinkPad P16v G1 (PL1 – 54 W, PL2 – 64 W).
Neither Cinebench R20 nor Cinebench R23 Core Ultra 7 165H could outperform the Core i7-13700H. This applies to both single-threaded and multi-threaded tests. At the same time, the Core Ultra 7 165H is 5-10% ahead of the Ryzen 7 7840HS.
One point should be noted here: in the case of laptop processors, much depends on the cooling system of a particular model. It is possible that in some laptops the Core Ultra 7 165H will be faster than the Core i7-13700H. But even if so, it is already clear that it can be faster by a few percent.