Intel Core i7-11390H vs Intel Core i7-1260U

Core i7-11390H vs Core i7-1260U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11390H is faster than the Core i7-1260U. Despite this, the Core i7-1260U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i7-11390H that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11390H. The Core i7-1260U outputs less heat than Core i7-11390H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-11390H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.