Intel Core i5-11600 vs Intel Core i7-1270P

Core i5-11600 vs Core i7-1270P comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-11600 is faster than the Core i7-1270P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1270P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1270P has significantly more cores than the Core i5-11600. Indeed, the Core i7-1270P has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-11600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1270P. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i7-1270P outputs less heat than Core i5-11600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-1270P has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600. The Core i7-1270P also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.