Intel Core i7-1260P vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Core i7-1260P vs Core i5-13420H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1260P performs better than the Core i5-13420H. Despite this, the Core i5-13420H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1260P has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-13420H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. Both the Core i7-1260P and Core i5-13420H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13420H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-1260P. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-13420H.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-1260P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.