Intel Core i7-1270P vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Core i7-1270P vs Ryzen 9 9955HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9955HX beats the Core i7-1270P in overall performance. 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 Ryzen 9 9955HX has slightly more cores than the Core i7-1270P. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-1270P. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1270P. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1270P. Also, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-1270P CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9955HX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-1270P. The Ryzen 9 9955HX also has significantly 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.