Intel Core i7 1270P vs i7 12700H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 1270P with 12-cores against the 2.3 GHz i7 12700H with 14-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12700H and 1270P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1270P
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2353 vs 2102 points

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)
Cinebench Scores (#141st place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2353
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11165
File compression 968.3 MB/sec 907 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.2 Klines/sec 83.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 245.9 pages/sec 270.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 284.5 Mpixels/sec 350.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 200.2 pages/sec 236.4 pages/sec
Background blur 41.6 images/sec 44.8 images/sec
Photo processing 68.8 images/sec 95.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 11.6 Mpixels/sec 18 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 755 & 901 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
24970
Integer math 59.9 GOps/sec 87.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 40.7 GOps/sec 63.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 63M Primes/sec 91M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 19.4M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.7 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 175.8 MBytes/sec 292.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1071 Frames/sec 1476 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.1B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 624 & 12064 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
105.62
197.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 19 PPW 23.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 330.9 PPW 248.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 574.9 PPW 554.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.77 PPW 4.4 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 1270P
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i7 12700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-14 (HansNoob)Cinebench 2024103 / 860
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-16 (robin)Cinebench 202497 / 676

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1270P and i7 12700H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released February 23, 2022 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-1270P i7-12700H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5825U - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - Intel Core i7 1370P - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (179th and 125th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 14
Total Threads 16 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 23x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°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 1400 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
2.2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1270P official page Intel Core i7 12700H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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