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Intel Core i7 1280P vs i7 1270P

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1280P
VS
46 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1270P
Intel Core i7 1280P
Intel Core i7 1270P

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1280P with 14-cores against the 2.2 GHz i7 1270P with 12-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 1270P and 1280P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1280P
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2325 vs 2102 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1280P
vs
Core i7 1270P

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 +11%
2325
Core i7 1270P
2102
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1280P +17%
10823
Core i7 1270P
9265
File compression 711.9 MB/sec 968.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 94.4 Klines/sec 64.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238.3 pages/sec 245.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 294 Mpixels/sec 284.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 235 pages/sec 200.2 pages/sec
Background blur 47.9 images/sec 41.6 images/sec
Photo processing 85.7 images/sec 68.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 20.9 Mpixels/sec 11.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 434 & 755 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1280P +24%
20020
Core i7 1270P
16096
Integer math 74.1 GOps/sec 59.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 50.5 GOps/sec 40.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 85M Primes/sec 63M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 24.2M Strings/sec 19.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.1 GBytes/sec 10.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 219.9 MBytes/sec 175.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1392 Frames/sec 1071 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 10.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 591 & 624 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1280P +62%
171.41
Core i7 1270P
105.62

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.1 PPW 19 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 386.5 PPW 330.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 715 PPW 574.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.12 PPW 3.77 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 i7 1270P

General

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 i7-1280P i7-1270P
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800U​ - AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
Successor - - Intel Core i7 1370P
Intel CPU rating (155th and 180th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.8 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.3 GHz 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 12
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 18x 22x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W 64 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
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 1450 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 24
Execution Units 96 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1280P
2.2 TFLOPS
Core i7 1270P
2.2 TFLOPS
See: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) benchmarks

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 1280P official page Intel Core i7 1270P official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Total votes: 43

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Comments

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