Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Core i7-1260P

Core i9-7940X vs Core i7-1260P specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-7940X beats the Core i7-1260P in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7940X has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-1260P that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1260P. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-7940X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1260P. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1260P outputs less heat than Core i9-7940X 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 i9-7940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.