Intel Core i5-1035G4 vs Intel Core i7-1260U

Core i5-1035G4 vs Core i7-1260U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1035G4 is faster than the Core i7-1260U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1260U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1260U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-1035G4 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1035G4. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-1035G4 and Core i7-1260U are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-1260U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1260U outputs less heat than Core i5-1035G4 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-1260U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-1035G4. The Core i7-1260U also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-1035G4 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.