Intel Core i7-1185G7 vs Intel Core i7-1260U

Core i7-1185G7 vs Core i7-1260U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1260U performs better than the Core i7-1185G7. Despite this, the Core i7-1185G7 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1260U has significantly more cores than the Core i7-1185G7. Indeed, the Core i7-1260U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-1185G7. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1185G7. The Core i7-1260U outputs less heat than Core i7-1185G7 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 i7-1185G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.