Intel Core i7-1260P vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i7-1260P vs Core 5 120U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-1260P is faster than the Core 5 120U. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1260P has slightly more cores than the Core 5 120U. Indeed, the Core i7-1260P has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core 5 120U. It also has more threads than the Core 5 120U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-1260P has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. In terms of cache, the Core 5 120U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-1260P. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 120U.

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 i7-1260P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.