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Intel Core i7 13700H vs i7 1260P

55 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13700H
VS
43 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1260P
Intel Core i7 13700H
Intel Core i7 1260P

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13700H with 14-cores against the 2.1 GHz i7 1260P 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 1260P and 13700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13700H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 16% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2546 vs 2194 points
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13700H
vs
Core i7 1260P

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 13700H +16%
2546
Core i7 1260P
2194
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700H +27%
11757
Core i7 1260P
9280
File compression 1100 MB/sec 795.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 81.1 Klines/sec 64.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 301.6 pages/sec 226.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 354.9 Mpixels/sec 267.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246.6 pages/sec 204.5 pages/sec
Background blur 44.3 images/sec 38.4 images/sec
Photo processing 113.5 images/sec 88 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.6 Mpixels/sec 14 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 633 & 1127 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 13700H +11%
3552
Core i7 1260P
3199
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13700H +57%
25847
Core i7 1260P
16447
Integer math 91.1 GOps/sec 61.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 64.9 GOps/sec 41.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 100M Primes/sec 61M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 33.1M Strings/sec 20.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.6 GBytes/sec 11 GBytes/sec
Data compression 301.1 MBytes/sec 180.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1688 Frames/sec 1060 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.9B Matrices/sec 10.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4408 & 2810 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13700H +65%
195.53
Core i7 1260P
118.71

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 5.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 261.3 PPW 331.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 574.4 PPW 587.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.35 PPW 4.24 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 13700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (onotole)Geekbench 6 CPU2745 / 14786
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13137
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayCinebench 2024110 / 935
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13140
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-26 (Germantas)Geekbench 6 CPU2455 / 10473
Add View all (10)
Intel Core i7 1260P
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-12 (Guest #0)Cinebench 202452 / 166
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13700H and i7 1260P

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-13700H i7-1260P
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Intel Core i7 1360P
Intel CPU rating (114th and 198th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 12
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 21x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 20-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 64 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 1500 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 13700H +5%
2.3 TFLOPS
Core i7 1260P
2.2 TFLOPS
See: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13700H official page Intel Core i7 1260P official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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