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Intel Core i7 1260P vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

43 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1260P
VS
40 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Intel Core i7 1260P
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 1260P with 12-cores against the 1.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700U 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 5700U and 1260P
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1260P
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 37% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2194 vs 1605 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1260P
vs
Ryzen 7 5700U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 393
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 1943
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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 1260P +37%
2194
Ryzen 7 5700U
1605
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1260P +41%
9280
Ryzen 7 5700U
6562
File compression 795.1 MB/sec 504.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.2 Klines/sec 43.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 226.5 pages/sec 138 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 267.2 Mpixels/sec 208.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 204.5 pages/sec 132.7 pages/sec
Background blur 38.4 images/sec 32.1 images/sec
Photo processing 88 images/sec 55.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 13.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1127 & 1164 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 1260P +26%
3199
Ryzen 7 5700U
2531
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1260P +7%
16447
Ryzen 7 5700U
15369
Integer math 61.2 GOps/sec 58.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 32.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 61M Primes/sec 29M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.2M Strings/sec 23.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11 GBytes/sec 12.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 180.2 MBytes/sec 215.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1060 Frames/sec 612 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.3B Matrices/sec 13.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2810 & 5261 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1260P
118.71
Ryzen 7 5700U +2%
120.67

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.9 PPW 19.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 331.4 PPW 262.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 587.4 PPW 614.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.24 PPW 4.83 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 1260P
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-12 (Guest #0)Cinebench 202452 / 166
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1519 / 5184
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-30 (Ryan A.)Cinebench 2026393 / 1943
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-30 (Hp Ireland)Cinebench 202473 / 486
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1260P and AMD Ryzen 7 5700U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i7-1260P -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - Intel Core i7 1165G7
Successor - Intel Core i7 1360P -
Intel CPU rating (#198th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#158th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 18x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 24 8
Execution Units 96 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1260P +16%
2.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5700U
1.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1260P official page AMD Ryzen 7 5700U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 12

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Comments

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