Intel Core i7-1260P vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Core i7-1260P vs Ryzen 9 8945HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 8945HS beats the Core i7-1260P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1260P in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1260P has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HS that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1260P. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-1260P CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 8945HS CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-1260P. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 9 8945HS.

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.