Intel Core i9-9820X vs Intel Core i7-1260P

Core i9-9820X vs Core i7-1260P specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-1260P is faster than the Core i9-9820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1260P has slightly more cores than the Core i9-9820X. Indeed, the Core i7-1260P has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-9820X. Despite this, the Core i9-9820X has more threads than the Core i7-1260P. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9820X 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 i9-9820X 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 i9-9820X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.