Intel Core i7-1270P vs Intel Core i5-1245U

Core i7-1270P vs Core i5-1245U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1270P beats the Core i5-1245U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1245U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1270P has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-1245U that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1245U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-1270P has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1245U. In terms of cache, the Core i7-1270P has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-1245U. The Core i7-1270P 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 i7-1270P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.