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Intel Core i7 1280P vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1280P
VS
49 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​
Intel Core i7 1280P
AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1280P with 14-cores against the 2.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​ with 8-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 6800U​ and 1280P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1280P
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2325 vs 1967 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.4 vs 2.2 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1280P
vs
Ryzen 7 6800U​

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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)
File compression 711.9 MB/sec 773.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 94.4 Klines/sec 62.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238.3 pages/sec 163.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 294 Mpixels/sec 259.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 235 pages/sec 199.8 pages/sec
Background blur 47.9 images/sec 36.8 images/sec
Photo processing 85.7 images/sec 66.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.9 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 434 & 675 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 74.1 GOps/sec 78.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 50.5 GOps/sec 43.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 57M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.2M Strings/sec 26.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.1 GBytes/sec 15.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.9 MBytes/sec 250.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1392 Frames/sec 978 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 16.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 591 & 535 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.1 PPW 20.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 386.5 PPW 293.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715 PPW 740.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.12 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1280P and AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i7-1280P -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon 680M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​ - Intel Core i7 1280P
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 7 250
Intel CPU rating (#155th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#116th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 1.8 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 8
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 18x 27x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 15-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) AMD Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1280P
2.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 6800U​ +55%
3.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 680M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1280P official page AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​ official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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