Intel Core i9-10980HK vs Intel Core i7-1260P

Core i9-10980HK vs Core i7-1260P comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1260P performs better than the Core i9-10980HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10980HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1260P has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i9-10980HK has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1260P. Also, the Core i9-10980HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1260P outputs less heat than Core i9-10980HK 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 i9-10980HK. The Core i7-1260P 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 i9-10980HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.