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Intel Core i7 1280P vs i5 11400H

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1280P
VS
40 out of 100
Intel Core i5 11400H
Intel Core i7 1280P
Intel Core i5 11400H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1280P with 14-cores against the 2.2-2.7 GHz i5 11400H with 6-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 11400H and 1280P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1280P
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • 18% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2325 vs 1967 points
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11400H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1280P
vs
Core i5 11400H

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)
Core i7 1280P +18%
2325
Core i5 11400H
1967
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1280P +55%
10823
Core i5 11400H
6967
File compression 711.9 MB/sec 435.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 94.4 Klines/sec 54.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238.3 pages/sec 119.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 294 Mpixels/sec 193.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 235 pages/sec 199.7 pages/sec
Background blur 47.9 images/sec 38.9 images/sec
Photo processing 85.7 images/sec 51.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.9 Mpixels/sec 13.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 434 & 507 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 1280P +12%
3307
Core i5 11400H
2949
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1280P +32%
20020
Core i5 11400H
15125
Integer math 74.1 GOps/sec 52.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 50.5 GOps/sec 31.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.2M Strings/sec 22.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.1 GBytes/sec 9.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.9 MBytes/sec 186.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1392 Frames/sec 673 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 12.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 591 & 7444 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1280P +57%
171.41
Core i5 11400H
108.96

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.1 PPW 10.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 386.5 PPW 154.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715 PPW 336.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.12 PPW 2.42 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 1280P
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Intel Core i5 11400H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (Omkar)Cinebench 202482 / 439
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-17 (HNAT)Cinebench 202484 / 513
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-06 (George)Geekbench 6 CPU2082 / 8223
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-11 (Shen)Cinebench 202483 / 482
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1280P and i5 11400H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released February 23, 2022 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i7-1280P i5-11400H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​ -
Intel CPU rating (#155th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.8 GHz 2.2-2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.5 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 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 18x 22-27x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 12MB (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 -
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1787
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 768 128
TMUs 48 8
ROPs 24 4
Execution Units 96 16
TGP 15 W 6-15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1280P +450%
2.2 TFLOPS
Core i5 11400H
0.4 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (16 EU) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1280P official page Intel Core i5 11400H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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