Intel Core i9-11950H vs Intel Core i7-1270P

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

6449 points
22% slightly better overall score
5276 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8487 points
13% slightly better gaming score
7506 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5818 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
4632 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5677 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
4500 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

153.40 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
115.33 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

13113 points
19% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
11010 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

2.6 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 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

223rd of 1,089
313th 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 i9-11950H vs Core i7-1270P benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-11950H 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 Core i7-1270P has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11950H. Indeed, the Core i7-1270P has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11950H. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11950H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1270P. Also, the Core i9-11950H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1270P outputs less heat than Core i9-11950H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-11950H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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