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Intel Core i3-7300 vs Intel Core i7-1280P

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 61 %

Intel Core i3-7300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-1280P

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 24 %

Intel Core i3-7300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-1280P

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

1,242

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

2,167

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

2,493

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

9,827

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

419 cb

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

707 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

1,030

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

1,587

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

1,084 cb

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

5,222 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

2,325

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

10,126

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 630

442

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

2,223

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

172 cb

14C / 20T · 4.80 GHz

264 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

436 cb

14C / 20T · 3.00 GHz

2,103 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-1280P
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	Intel Core i 7000 (17)	Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
Architecture	Kaby Lake S	Alder Lake U
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1151	BGA 1744
Predecessor	Intel Core i3-6300
Successor	Intel Core i3-8300

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-1280P
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	14 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 4.00 GHz	6x Golden Cove 1.80 - 4.80 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Gracemont 1.30 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache		11.50 MB
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-1280P
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 630	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.15 GHz	0.40 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	96 / 768
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	4
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q2/2016	Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-1280P
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-1280P
Memory	DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	64 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	3.0 x 16	4.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s	55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-1280P
TDP	51 W	28 W
TDP (PL2)		64 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-7300	Intel Core i7-1280P
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2017	Q1/2022
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-7300 is 4.3 stars (3 ratings), while Intel Core i7-1280P has received 4.1 stars (20 ratings).

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Intel Core i3-7300
2C / 4T · 4.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-1280P
14C / 20T · 1.80 - 4.80 GHz

★★★★★