12th Gen Intel Core i7 1260P | Review

Launched in January of 2022, 12th Gen Intel Core i7 1260P is a High-end processor for laptops powered by 4 performance cores with 8 threads and 8 efficiency cores with 8 threads. The performance cores have a base clock of 2.1 GHz and a boost clock of 4.7 GHz the efficiency cores, on the other hand, have a base clock of 1.5GHz and a boost clock of 3.4GHz. The i7 1260P is based on Intel’s 10 nm architecture with this the 12th Gen CPUs see an average IPC gain of 19 percent the higher IPC allows the Alder lake CPUs more performance at the same clock speed. The TDP of this Chip as specified by intel is 28 watts and can go up to 64 Watts. It also has support for new faster DDR5 memory of up to  4800MHz and low-power LPDDR5 5200MHz while also supporting DDR4 memory of up to 3200MHz and low power LPDDR4X 4267MHz. Other Key Features Include Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs and support for USB 4 (40Gbps).

Performance

The 12th Gen Intel Core i7 1260P easily outperforms its 11th gen and AMD Ryzen 5000 series counterparts. The 12th Gen Intel Core i7 1260P can easily handle your day-to-day tasks such as Browsing, Streaming, and office productivity applications. If your day-to-day workflow involves using video editing, photo editing, and CAD applications, 12th Gen Intel Core i7 1260P should have no problem handling such workloads.

IGPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs