Intel Core i7-1270P vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Core i7-1270P vs Ryzen 5 7640HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7640HS is faster than the Core i7-1270P. Despite this, the Core i7-1270P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1270P has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Indeed, the Core i7-1270P has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1270P. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-1270P CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7640HS 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 Core i7-1270P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7640HS. The Core i7-1270P also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-1270P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.