Intel Core i7-1260U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Core i7-1260U vs Ryzen 5 7520U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1260U performs better than the Ryzen 5 7520U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1260U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7520U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7520U has a significantly 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 Ryzen 5 7520U 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 Ryzen 5 7520U. The Core i7-1260U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-1260U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.