Intel Core i7-8086K vs Intel Core i7-1260P

Core i7-8086K vs Core i7-1260P specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-1260P beats the Core i7-8086K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8086K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1260P has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i7-8086K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8086K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-8086K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1260P. Also, the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1260P outputs less heat than Core i7-8086K thanks to a 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 Core i7-1260P has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8086K. The Core i7-1260P 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 i7-8086K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.