Intel Core i7-1260P vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

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
4604 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6220 points
6298 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3928 points
4083 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3833 points
3956 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

114.47 points
9% slightly higher Blender score
104.53 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

12150 points
29% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
9347 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
5% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 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

2
Identical
2

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

415th of 1,118
396th of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-1260P vs Ryzen 5 7530U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7530U performs better than the Core i7-1260P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1260P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1260P has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7530U has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7530U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-1260P has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7530U. Also, the Core i7-1260P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7530U outputs less heat than Core i7-1260P thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-1260P has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7530U. The Core i7-1260P also has slightly more L3 cache.

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.

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