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Intel Core i7-1260P vs Intel Core i7-8650U

Intel Core i7-1260P
50.4Inno Score
VS
Intel Core i7-8650U
—Inno Score
58.1Single-core—
39.2Multi-core24.3
60.2Efficiencyspec-based66.4
—iGPU25.8
53.8Platformspec-based37.2
11 spec wins — Intel Core i7-1260P1 spec wins — Intel Core i7-8650U

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Intel Core i7-8650U lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-1260P

  • Stronger multi-core score: 39 vs 24
  • 200% higher cores: 12 vs 4
  • 166% higher PassMark: 16,411 vs 6,170
  • 156% higher Max TDP: 64 W vs 25 W
  • 125% higher L3 cache: 18 MB vs 8 MB

Reasons to pick the Intel Core i7-8650U

  • 46% lower Base TDP: 15 W vs 28 W

General

General comparison: Intel Core i7-1260P versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecIntel Core i7-1260PIntel Core i7-8650U
Announced20222017
Process10 nm+29%14 nm
Base TDP28 W15 W+46%
Max TDP64 W+156%25 W

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Intel Core i7-1260P versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecIntel Core i7-1260PIntel Core i7-8650U
Cores12+200%4
Performance cores44
Efficiency cores80
Threads16+100%8
Base clock2.1 GHz+11%1.9 GHz
Boost clock4.7 GHz+12%4.2 GHz
L3 cache18 MB+125%8 MB

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Intel Core i7-1260P versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecIntel Core i7-1260PIntel Core i7-8650U
iGPUIntel Iris Xe (96 EU)Intel UHD Graphics 620
iGPU clock1,400 MHz1,150 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Intel Core i7-1260P versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecIntel Core i7-1260PIntel Core i7-8650U
Memory supportLPDDR5-5200 / DDR5-4800 / LPDDR4x-4267 / DDR4-3200DDR4-2400 / LPDDR3-2133
Max memory64 GB+100%32 GB

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Intel Core i7-1260P versus Intel Core i7-8650U
SpecIntel Core i7-1260PIntel Core i7-8650U
Geekbench 6 (single)2,424Bottom 46%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)9,532Bottom 36%—
Cinebench R23 (single)1,695Bottom 51%—
Cinebench R23 (multi)9,551Bottom 33%—
PassMark16,411+166%Bottom 37%6,170Bottom 11%
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (iGPU)—389Bottom 8%

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