AMD Ryzen 5 4600U vs Intel Core i7-1260P

Ryzen 5 4600U vs Core i7-1260P comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-1260P performs better than the Ryzen 5 4600U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 4600U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-1260P has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 4600U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4600U. According to our data, the Ryzen 5 4600U and Core i7-1260P have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 4600U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-1260P CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-1260P has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4600U. The Core i7-1260P also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 4600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.