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Intel Core i7 1260P vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

43 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1260P
VS
72 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Intel Core i7 1260P
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

We compared two 12-core laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i7 1260P against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. 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 370 and 1260P
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 5.9 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years and 4 months later
  • 36% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2985 vs 2194 points
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1260P
vs
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 475
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 5200
Cinebench Scores (#103rd place)
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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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 795.1 MB/sec 1340 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.2 Klines/sec 139.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 226.5 pages/sec 335.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 267.2 Mpixels/sec 468.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 204.5 pages/sec 322.1 pages/sec
Background blur 38.4 images/sec 63.8 images/sec
Photo processing 88 images/sec 124.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 14 Mpixels/sec 33.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1127 & 3 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1260P
16447
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +113%
34958
Integer math 61.2 GOps/sec 122.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 76.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 61M Primes/sec 127M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.2M Strings/sec 48.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11 GBytes/sec 22.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 180.2 MBytes/sec 442.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1060 Frames/sec 1881 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.3B Matrices/sec 31.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2810 & 3074 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1260P
118.71
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +137%
281.07

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 5.9 PPW 23 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 331.4 PPW 295.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 587.4 PPW 647.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.24 PPW 5.21 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 AI 9 HX 370
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-26 (Nvdya)Cinebench 2024114 / 1135
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Peterr)Cinebench 2024117 / 962
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 CPU2904 / 15532
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-18 (Asus Tuf FA608WI)Cinebench 2024104 / 1050
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-15 (Urxelix)Cinebench 2024116 / 1217
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1260P and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 June 3, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number i7-1260P 370
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U - Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Successor - Intel Core i7 1360P - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
Intel CPU rating (#198th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#31st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 12
Total Threads 16 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 20x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP8
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 768 1024
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 24 32
Execution Units 96 16
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1260P
2.2 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 +168%
5.9 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 890M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 1260P official page AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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