Intel Core i7 1260P vs i7 1250U
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 1260P with 12-cores against the 1.1 GHz i7 1250U with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1260P
- Has 6144 KB larger L3 cache size
- Has 2 more physical cores
- 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2051 vs 1713 points
Promotion
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 791.6 MB/sec | 789.3 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 50.6 Klines/sec | 43.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 214.9 pages/sec | 146.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 243.4 Mpixels/sec | 185.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 185.7 pages/sec | 151.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 36.5 images/sec | 30.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 88.9 images/sec | 73.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 13.2 Mpixels/sec | 8.26 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 64.1 GOps/sec | 42.8 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 43.5 GOps/sec | 28.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 66M Primes/sec | 60M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 21.2M Strings/sec | 15.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 11.5 GBytes/sec | 8.5 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 187.5 MBytes/sec | 133 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1141 Frames/sec | 955 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10.7B Matrices/sec | 7.3B Matrices/sec |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1260P and i7 1250UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | February 23, 2022 | February 23, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Alder Lake |
| Model number | i7-1260P | i7-1250U |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) | Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 2 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.1 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.7 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | 8 |
| E-Threads | 8 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.5 GHz | 0.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.4 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 21x | 11x |
| 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) | 9 W |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 64 W | 29 W |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | BGA-1781 |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
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 | 950 MHz |
| Shading Units | 768 | 768 |
| TMUs | 48 | 48 |
| ROPs | 24 | 24 |
| Execution Units | 96 | 96 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
- LPDDR5-5200 - 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 i7 1250U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 14 |
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