Intel Core i7 1280P vs AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1280P with 14-cores against the 2.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U with 8-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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6850U and 1280P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1280P
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 8192 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2087 vs 1737 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
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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)
11722

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 974.4 MB/sec 781.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 81.8 Klines/sec 61.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 304 pages/sec 175.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 181.3 Mpixels/sec 236.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 219.8 pages/sec 198.8 pages/sec
Background blur 43.1 images/sec 36.4 images/sec
Photo processing 107.9 images/sec 74.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 18.6 Mpixels/sec 14.9 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)
Integer math 77.2 GOps/sec 80.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.7 GOps/sec 43.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 89M Primes/sec 57M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.7M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.4 GBytes/sec 16.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 221.7 MBytes/sec 252.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1473 Frames/sec 998 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.8B Matrices/sec 16.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1280P and AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released February 23, 2022 April 20, 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

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 2000 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
1.69 TFLOPS
3.686 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 1280P official page AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U 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: AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 6850U or Intel Core i7 1280P?
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