Intel Core i7-1260U vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Core i7-1260U vs Core i3-1215U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1215U is faster than the Core i7-1260U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1260U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1260U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1215U. Indeed, the Core i7-1260U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i3-1215U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1215U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i3-1215U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1260U. Despite this, the Core i7-1260U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-1260U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-1215U CPU because of its 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 i7-1260U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i3-1215U. The Core i7-1260U 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 i7-1260U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.