Intel Core i9-11900H vs Intel Core i7-1260P

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 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

5635 points
27% slightly better overall score
4429 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8064 points
29% slightly better gaming score
6220 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4910 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
3928 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4760 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score
3833 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6050 points
34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4486 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.70 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
114.47 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

13012 points
7% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
12150 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
28 W
60% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
960 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

283rd of 1,089
398th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-11900H vs Core i7-1260P comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11900H is faster than the Core i7-1260P. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1260P has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11900H. Indeed, the Core i7-1260P has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900H. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1260P. Also, the Core i9-11900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1260P outputs less heat than Core i9-11900H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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