Intel Core i7 1260P vs i5 1335U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 1260P with 12-cores against the 1.3 GHz i5 1335U 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 1335U and 1260P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1260P
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 1.6 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1335U
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 10 months later

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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9280
File compression 795.1 MB/sec 703.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.2 Klines/sec 53.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 226.5 pages/sec 219.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 267.2 Mpixels/sec 218.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 204.5 pages/sec 207.1 pages/sec
Background blur 38.4 images/sec 38.2 images/sec
Photo processing 88 images/sec 87.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 11.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1127 & 1007 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
16447
Integer math 61.2 GOps/sec 49.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 33.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 61M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.2M Strings/sec 17.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11 GBytes/sec 9.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 180.2 MBytes/sec 154.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1060 Frames/sec 819 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.3B Matrices/sec 8.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2810 & 3604 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.9 PPW 26.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 331.4 PPW 505.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 587.4 PPW 920.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.24 PPW 5.35 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
Intel Core i5 1335U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (Melkon)Geekbench 6 CPU2317 / 7898
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (Melkon)Geekbench 6 CPU2391 / 7543
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-05 (John Wick)Geekbench 6 CPU2347 / 8190
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-05 (John Wick)Cinebench 202495 / 397

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1260P and i5 1335U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released February 23, 2022 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i7-1260P i5-1335U
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - AMD Ryzen 5 7535U
Successor - Intel Core i7 1360P - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel CPU rating (198th and 191st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 10
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 13x
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 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1250 MHz
Shading Units 768 640
TMUs 48 40
ROPs 24 20
Execution Units 96 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.2 TFLOPS
1.6 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 i5 1335U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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