Numbers are reliable. We regret that the majority of laptop manufacturers haven’t used the Core i7-1260P to its fullest extent up to this date. The situation is so severe that even the Core i5-1240P currently outperforms many Core i7-1260P laptops in multi-threaded applications.
Since Alder Lake-P laptop CPUs have been available on the market for a few months, we have amassed a sizable sample pool.
In particular, the Core i7-1260P has supplanted the Core i5-1240P as the preferred option.
Our figures below contrast one particular Core i5-1240P laptop of interest with all the Core i7-1260P laptops we have evaluated so far (13 as of this writing).
The numbers speak for themselves: In multi-threaded tasks, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Pro and its Core i5-1240P outperform the typical Core i7-1260P laptop in our database by around 25%.
Even after taking into account any throttling, the Lenovo machine can continue to hold a lead. No developer or pre-release models were used to calculate any of our statistics; only retail units were used.
The Lenovo secret is hardly shocking. To achieve these outcomes, the CPU in the Yoga model draws more power and operates hotter than on the current generation of Core i7-1260P laptops.
For instance, the Core i5-1240P in the Yoga operates between 40 and 60 W and 80 and 100 C, but the Core i7-1260P-powered MSI Summit E14 Flip only operates at 28 W and 82 C.
For those who appreciate the performance of single-thread and integrated graphics, the Core i7-1260P is still a viable option. In certain cases, the Core i5-1240P performs graphics tasks 7 to 30% slower despite just being a few percentage points slower in single-threaded operations. Considering that Core i5 CPUs have Iris Xe 80 EUs and Core i7 CPUs have Iris Xe 96 EUs,
Future laptops powered by the Core i7-1260P should start maximizing the processor’s capabilities, in our opinion. We are aware that the Intel CPU can run more quickly if OEMs do not disable it to meet a certain temperature or chassis thinness constraint.
