Intel Core i7-10610U vs Intel Core i7-1260U

Core i7-10610U vs Core i7-1260U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1260U performs better than the Core i7-10610U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10610U 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 i7-10610U that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10610U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10610U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1260U. Also, the Core i7-10610U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1260U outputs less heat than Core i7-10610U thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-1260U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10610U. The Core i7-1260U 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 i7-10610U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.