Intel Core i7-1270P vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5276 points
8215 points
55% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7506 points
10758 points
43% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4632 points
7390 points
59% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4500 points
7189 points
59% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.33 points
195.47 points
69% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

11010 points
14873 points
35% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.30 GHz
50% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.1 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
Identical
28 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9 MiB
12% slightly more L2 cache
8 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

313th of 1,089
139th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-1270P vs Ryzen 7 7840U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 7840U performs better than the Core i7-1270P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1270P in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1270P has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7840U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1270P. Also, the Ryzen 7 7840U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). 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 slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7840U. The Core i7-1270P also has slightly 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.

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