Intel Core i7 1260P vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

43 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1260P
VS
43 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 1260P with 12-cores against the 1.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800U with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
NanoReview Final Score
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5800U and 1260P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1260P
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 2 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2194 vs 1899 points
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2194
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9280
File compression 795.1 MB/sec 707 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.2 Klines/sec 50.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 226.5 pages/sec 136.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 267.2 Mpixels/sec 220.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 204.5 pages/sec 191.1 pages/sec
Background blur 38.4 images/sec 32 images/sec
Photo processing 88 images/sec 57.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1127 & 587 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
17954
Integer math 61.2 GOps/sec 71.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 38.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 61M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.2M Strings/sec 23M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11 GBytes/sec 14 GBytes/sec
Data compression 180.2 MBytes/sec 219.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1060 Frames/sec 763 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.3B Matrices/sec 14.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2810 & 970 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
118.71
140.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.9 PPW 10.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 331.4 PPW 299.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 587.4 PPW 718.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.24 PPW 5.61 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 1260P
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-12 (Guest #0)Cinebench 202452 / 166
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (Jiph0731)Cinebench 202467 / 323
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-13 (StarCry)Cinebench 202473 / 261

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1260P and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i7-1260P -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - Intel Core i7 1195G7
Successor - Intel Core i7 1360P - AMD Ryzen 7 250
Intel CPU rating (#198th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#148th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 19x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 96 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.2 TFLOPS
2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1260P official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5800U or Intel Core i7 1260P?
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yess February 23, 2025 at 01:57 AM
R5 7530u vs R5 4500u please
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