Intel Core i7-1270P vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series 6 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
5440 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7506 points
7698 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4632 points
4785 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4500 points
4637 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

115.33 points
152.57 points
32% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
Identical
4.8 GHz

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
49% significantly more L2 cache
6 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
299th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen AI 300 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-1270P vs Ryzen AI 5 340 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1270P beats the Ryzen AI 5 340 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen AI 5 340 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1270P has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen AI 5 340 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen AI 5 340. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-1270P has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 5 340. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-1270P has more L2 cache than the Ryzen AI 5 340. 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.

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