Intel Core i7 12700 vs Intel Core i7 1260P

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i7 12700, vs Intel Core i7 1260P. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i7 12700 and Intel Core i7 1260P
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 12700
1883
Intel Core i7 1260P
1737
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 12700
19714
Intel Core i7 1260P
9743
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 12700
106
Intel Core i7 1260P
52
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 12700
1069
Intel Core i7 1260P
166
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 12700
3890
Intel Core i7 1260P
3258
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 12700
30535
Intel Core i7 1260P
16823
Integer Math107.1 GOps/s62.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math81.7 GOps/s42.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search102 M primes/s63 M primes/s
Random String Sort39.3 M strings/s20.6 M strings/s
Data Encryption20.3 GB/s11.3 GB/s
Data Compression379.5 MB/s183.4 MB/s
Physics1571 frames/s1095 frames/s
Extended Instructions244 M matrices/s105 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i7 12700
2492
Intel Core i7 1260P
2194
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i7 12700
12868
Intel Core i7 1260P
9280
File Compression892.7 MB/s795.1 MB/s
Clang Compilation105.8 KLines/s64.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser284.6 pages/s226.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering385.9 MP/sec267.2 MP/sec
Text Processing249.7 pages/s204.5 pages/s
Background Blur60.4 frames/s38.4 frames/s
Photo Processing103.1 frames/s88 frames/s
Ray Tracing27.3 MP/sec14 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i7 12700
269.72
Intel Core i7 1260P
118.71

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 198 PPW 331.4 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 469.8 PPW 600.8 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 16.4 PPW 5.9 PPW
Blender / W 4.15 PPW 4.24 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced January, 1, 2022 February, 23, 2022
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-12700 i7-1260P
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores48
Threads48
Frequency1.6 GHz1.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.6 GHz3.4 GHz
General
Cores count1212
Threads count2016
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier21x21x
L1 cache80 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache12 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache25 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 20-28 W
Max TDP (Boost) 180 W 64 W
Socket LGA-1700 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 76.8 GB n/a

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i7 12700 the clear winner in this comparison.

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