Intel Core i7 1260P vs Core 7 150U

43 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1260P
VS
48 out of 100
Intel Core 7 150U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 1260P with 12-cores against the 1.8 GHz Core 7 150U with 10-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 150U and 1260P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1260P
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of Intel Core 7 150U
  • Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • 15% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core 7 150U +102%
105
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 7 150U +164%
438

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2361
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9280
File compression 795.1 MB/sec 930 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.2 Klines/sec 39.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 226.5 pages/sec 238.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 267.2 Mpixels/sec 259.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 204.5 pages/sec 233.9 pages/sec
Background blur 38.4 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Photo processing 88 images/sec 97 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 12.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1127 & 12 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3509
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
16447
14695
Integer math 61.2 GOps/sec 51.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 34.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 61M Primes/sec 58M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.2M Strings/sec 18.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11 GBytes/sec 10 GBytes/sec
Data compression 180.2 MBytes/sec 158.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1060 Frames/sec 1011 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.3B Matrices/sec 8.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 2810 & 1020 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
118.71
86.88

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.9 PPW 29.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 331.4 PPW 496.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 587.4 PPW 979.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.24 PPW 5.79 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
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-10-12 (Guest #0)Cinebench 202452 / 166
Intel Core 7 150U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-02-24 (JP)Cinebench 2024109 / 562
๐Ÿ“˜ 2024-05-23 (Bristow Xavier)Cinebench 2024105 / 438

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1260P and Core 7 150U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released February 23, 2022 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number i7-1260P 150U
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U -
Successor - Intel Core i7 1360P -
Intel CPU rating (198th and 167th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 18x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W 55 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 24
Execution Units 96 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.2 TFLOPS
2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1260P official page Intel Core 7 150U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Total votes: 20

Comments

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