Intel Core i7 1260P vs i5 1340P

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 1260P against the 1.9 GHz i5 1340P. 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
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1340P and 1260P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1260P
  • Has 6144 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1340P
  • Newer - released 11-months later
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2263 vs 2051 points
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
10716

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2263
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9615
File compression 791.6 MB/sec 1010 MB/sec
Clang compilation 50.6 Klines/sec 68 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 214.9 pages/sec 236.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 243.4 Mpixels/sec 301 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 185.7 pages/sec 231.7 pages/sec
Background blur 36.5 images/sec 38.9 images/sec
Photo processing 88.9 images/sec 83.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.2 Mpixels/sec 13.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20629
Integer math 64.1 GOps/sec 75.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 43.5 GOps/sec 53.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 66M Primes/sec 65M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.2M Strings/sec 26.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.5 GBytes/sec 14.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 187.5 MBytes/sec 239 MBytes/sec
Physics 1141 Frames/sec 1171 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec 13.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1260P and i5 1340P

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 i5-1340P
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.9 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 1.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 19x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 2MB (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) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W 64 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak temperature 100°C 100°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 1450 MHz
Shading Units 768 640
TMUs 48 40
ROPs 24 20
Execution Units 96 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS
1.41 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 1260P official page Intel Core i5 1340P official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 1340P or i7 1260P?
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Matt 19 April 2023 21:05
Because of the power efficiency and almost equal (sometimes better) performance and the lower price I'll choose the i5.
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