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Gen Intel Core i7-1260P

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 73.3% (331st of 1443)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000906A2 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1260P
Poor: 58%Average: 73.3% Great: 92%
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P averaged 26.6% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 133Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 262Pts

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P is 33.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 12th Gen Intel Core i7-1260P performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 929Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 682Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 33173.3%
Min Avg Max
47.7 Memory 62.3 73
54.5 1-Core 133 192
162 2-Core 262 376
80.6% 152 Pts
Min Avg Max
246 4-Core 456 644
404 8-Core 682 1,049
70.8% 569 Pts
Min Avg Max
581 64-Core 929 1389
57.5% 929 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 73
1-Core 150
2-Core 281
90% 168 Pts
4-Core 469
8-Core 683
72% 576 Pts
64-Core 986
61% 986 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz
80.1% Excellent
Memory 65.8
1-Core 145
2-Core 286
87% 165 Pts
4-Core 510
8-Core 710
77% 610 Pts
64-Core 693
43% 693 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
78.4% Very good
Memory 70.3
1-Core 152
2-Core 289
91% 170 Pts
4-Core 465
8-Core 694
72% 579 Pts
64-Core 734
45% 734 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz
78.1% Very good
Memory 68.2
1-Core 140
2-Core 265
84% 158 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 649
71% 564 Pts
64-Core 938
58% 938 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
77.6% Very good
Memory 69.2
1-Core 145
2-Core 276
87% 164 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 670
71% 566 Pts
64-Core 1,015
63% 1,015 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 1.45 GHz (avg)
51.6% Above average
Memory 56.5
1-Core 105
2-Core 203
66% 121 Pts
4-Core 268
8-Core 279
36% 274 Pts
64-Core 314
20% 314 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,844,422 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

System: HP EliteBook 840 G9 Notebook PC

CPU
Gen Intel Core i7-1260P12thBench 73%, 25 samples15x
GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples18x
SSD
P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBCrucial  $240Bench 283%, 4,222 samples7x
PC SN810 SDCPNRY-256G-1006 256GBWDBench 247%, 299 samples3x
CT4000P3PSSD8 4TBBench 357%, 3,703 samples3x
RAM
MTC16C2085S1SC48BA1 Samsung M425R4GA3BB0-CQKOD 63GBMicronBench 132%, 17 samples13x
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOD 2x8GBSamsungBench 116%, 2,712 samples4x
M425R4GA3BB0-CQKOD Micron MTC16C2085S1SC48BA1 63GBSamsungBench 144%, 2 samples1x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 90% - Outstanding Total price: $240

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