AMD EPYC 7281 vs Intel Core i5-1250P

Last updated:

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD EPYC 7281 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-1250P
AMD EPYC 7281 Intel Core i5-1250P

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD EPYC 7281 and the Intel Core i5-1250P and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD EPYC 7281 16 core processor released in Q3/2017 with the Intel Core i5-1250P which has 12 CPU cores and was introduced in Q1/2022.
AMD EPYC (129) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD EPYC 7001 (12) CPU group Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
1 Generation 12
Naples (Zen) Architecture Alder Lake U
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-1350P

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD EPYC 7281 is a 16 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (2.70 GHz). The processor can compute 32 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i5-1250P clocks with 1.70 GHz (4.40 GHz), has 12 CPU cores and can calculate 16 threads in parallel.

AMD EPYC 7281 Characteristic Intel Core i5-1250P
16 Cores 12
32 Threads 16
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.20 GHz (2.70 GHz) A-Core 1.70 GHz (4.40 GHz)
4x Golden Cove
-- B-Core 1.20 GHz (3.30 GHz)
8x Gracemont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AMD EPYC 7281 Characteristic Intel Core i5-1250P
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.40 GHz
-- GPU Generation 13
Technology 10 nm
Max. displays 4
-- Compute units 80
-- Shader 640
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 8 memory channels is supported by the AMD EPYC 7281, while the Intel Core i5-1250P supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 83.2 GB/s enabled.

AMD EPYC 7281 Characteristic Intel Core i5-1250P
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max. Memory 64 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
170.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 9.00 MB
32.00 MB L3 Cache 12.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
128 PCIe lanes 28
126.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD EPYC 7281 has a TDP of 170 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i5-1250P is 28 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD EPYC 7281 Characteristic Intel Core i5-1250P
170 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 28 W
-- TDP (PL2) 64 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD EPYC 7281 has 32.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of Intel Core i5-1250P is at 21.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm.

AMD EPYC 7281 Characteristic Intel Core i5-1250P
14 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
SP3 Socket BGA 1744
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2022
625 $ Release price --
show more data show more data


Rate these processors

Here you can rate the AMD EPYC 7281 to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 0 stars (0 ratings). Rate now:
Here you can rate the Intel Core i5-1250P to help other visitors make their purchasing decisions. The average rating is 1.0 stars (1 ratings). Rate now:


Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7281 (38%)
Intel Core i5-1250P (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
AMD EPYC 7281 (49%)
Intel Core i5-1250P (96%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
664 (42%)
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1564 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
2098 (23%)
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
9136 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
713 (34%)
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
2102 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
2136 (25%)
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
8420 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
21988 (100%)
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
19493 (89%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
1688 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
11280 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 1.40 GHz
1735 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
119 (100%)
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD EPYC 7281 AMD EPYC 7281
16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz
2033 (100%)
Intel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1250P
12C 16T @ 2.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD EPYC 7281 Intel Core i5-1250P
Unknown Unknown

Popular comparisons containing this CPUs

1. Intel Core i5-1240PIntel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1240P vs Intel Core i5-1250P
2. Intel Core i5-1235UIntel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1235U vs Intel Core i5-1250P
3. Intel Xeon Gold 6130AMD EPYC 7281 Intel Xeon Gold 6130 vs AMD EPYC 7281
4. Intel Core i5-1245UIntel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i5-1245U vs Intel Core i5-1250P
5. Intel Core i7-1260PIntel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i7-1260P vs Intel Core i5-1250P
6. AMD EPYC 7281AMD EPYC 7301 AMD EPYC 7281 vs AMD EPYC 7301
7. AMD EPYC 7281AMD EPYC 7251 AMD EPYC 7281 vs AMD EPYC 7251
8. Intel Core i9-7900XAMD EPYC 7281 Intel Core i9-7900X vs AMD EPYC 7281
9. Intel Core i7-1270PIntel Core i5-1250P Intel Core i7-1270P vs Intel Core i5-1250P
10. AMD EPYC 7281AMD Ryzen 7 1800X AMD EPYC 7281 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1800X


back to index