Intel Core i7-1260P vs AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

Core i7-1260P vs Ryzen 7 8840U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 8840U 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 7 8840U has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 8840U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1260P. Also, the Ryzen 7 8840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 8840U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-1260P. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 8840U.

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.