Intel Core i7-1260P vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4429 points

0.57% slightly better overall score

4404 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6220 points

6525 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3928 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

3759 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3833 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

3630 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.47 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

86.99 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

2.30 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W

15 W

86% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB

150% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

398th of 1,089

400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-1260P vs Ryzen 5 7430U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1260P beats the Ryzen 5 7430U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7430U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1260P has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7430U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7430U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7430U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1260P. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-1260P has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7430U. The Core i7-1260P also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-1260P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.