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Intel Core i7-1260P
Intel's upper mid-range 28W ultrabook chip from early 2022, pairing 4 Golden Cove P-cores with 8 Gracemont E-cores for 12 cores and 16 threads. Strong multi-thread throughput for its class, though the 96-EU Iris Xe iGPU trails discrete graphics and clocks lag the higher-tier i7-1270P and i7-1280P.
Pros
- 12 cores/16 threads deliver strong multi-core throughput at just 28W
- Up to 4.7GHz single-core boost keeps bursty tasks responsive
- 96-EU Iris Xe iGPU handles everyday use and light gaming
- Supports DDR5/LPDDR5 as well as older DDR4/LPDDR4x
- Thread Director helps Windows schedule work across P- and E-cores
Cons
- Sustained multi-core performance trails 45W H-series chips
- Slightly lower clocks than the i7-1270P and i7-1280P in the same family
- vPro limited to the 'Essentials' tier, no remote device management
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i7-1260P
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 28 W
- Max TDP
- 64 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 12
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 2.1 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.7 GHz
- L3 cache
- 18 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Iris Xe (96 EU)
- iGPU clock
- 1,400 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5-5200 / DDR5-4800 / LPDDR4x-4267 / DDR4-3200
- Max memory
- 64 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,424Bottom 46%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 9,532Bottom 36%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,695Bottom 51%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 9,551Bottom 33%
- PassMark
- 16,411Bottom 37%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i7-1260P good in 2026?
The Intel Core i7-1260P earns an Inno Score of 50.4/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Intel's upper mid-range 28W ultrabook chip from early 2022, pairing 4 Golden Cove P-cores with 8 Gracemont E-cores for 12 cores and 16 threads. Strong multi-thread throughput for its class, though the 96-EU Iris Xe iGPU trails discrete graphics and clocks lag the higher-tier i7-1270P and i7-1280P.
Does the Intel Core i7-1260P count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 16,411 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier B of our CPU tier checker: recent mainstream Core i7 / Ryzen 7, plus older H-series chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i7-1260P?
Cores: 12 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 4.7 GHz · Base TDP: 28 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i7-1260P?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Apple M2 (8-core), Intel Core i5-1335U, AMD Ryzen 7 7730U — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
