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Intel Core i7 1260P vs i7 1165G7

43 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1260P
VS
39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
Intel Core i7 1260P
Intel Core i7 1165G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 1260P with 12-cores against the 1.2-2.8 GHz i7 1165G7 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1165G7 and 1260P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1260P
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 1 year and 6 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1260P
vs
Core i7 1165G7

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 588
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 911
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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)
Core i7 1260P +70%
9280
Core i7 1165G7
5457
File compression 795.1 MB/sec 423.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.2 Klines/sec 39.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 226.5 pages/sec 100.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 267.2 Mpixels/sec 166.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 204.5 pages/sec 199.9 pages/sec
Background blur 38.4 images/sec 27.4 images/sec
Photo processing 88 images/sec 42.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 7.05 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1127 & 557 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 1260P +18%
3199
Core i7 1165G7
2718
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1260P +69%
16447
Core i7 1165G7
9757
Integer math 61.2 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 19.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 61M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.2M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11 GBytes/sec 5.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 180.2 MBytes/sec 101.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1060 Frames/sec 692 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.3B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2810 & 11101 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1260P +96%
118.71
Core i7 1165G7
60.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.9 PPW 7.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 331.4 PPW 194.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 587.4 PPW 348.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.24 PPW 2.17 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
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Intel Core i7 1165G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Kroducer)Cinebench 2026588 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU1718 / 3599
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1260P and i7 1165G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released February 23, 2022 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i7-1260P i7-1165G7
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Successor - Intel Core i7 1360P - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Intel CPU rating (#198th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.2-2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.7 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 4
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 12-28x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (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) 12-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W -
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics G7 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
Core i7 1260P +10%
2.2 TFLOPS
Core i7 1165G7
2 TFLOPS
See: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1260P official page Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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