Intel Core i7-1260P vs Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-1260P CPU1 vs CPU2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
Intel Core i7-1260P Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i7-1260P and the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i7-1260P 12 core processor released in Q1/2022 with the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 which has 8 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2020.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Qualcomm Snapdragon (102)
Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21) CPU group Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2 (2)
12 Generation 1
Alder Lake U Architecture Kryo 495
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i7-1360P Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-1260P is a 12 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (4.70 GHz). The processor can compute 16 threads at the same time. The Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 clocks with 3.15 GHz, has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i7-1260P Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
12 Cores 8
16 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz (4.70 GHz)
4x Golden Cove
A-Core 3.15 GHz
4x Kryo 495 Gold
1.50 GHz (3.40 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core 2.42 GHz
4x Kryo 495 Silver

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.

Intel Core i7-1260P Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
-- 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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 690
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
13 GPU Generation 6
10 nm Technology 7 nm
4 Max. displays 0
96 Compute units --
768 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12.1 DirectX Version 12.0

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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Qualcomm Adreno 690
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i7-1260P, while the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 68.3 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i7-1260P Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4X-2133
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 68.3 GB/s
No ECC No
9.00 MB L2 Cache --
18.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
28 PCIe lanes --
55.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i7-1260P has a TDP of 28 W. The TDP of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 is --. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i7-1260P Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
64 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-1260P has 27.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 is at 0.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 7 nm.

Intel Core i7-1260P Characteristic Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
10 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1744 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Android, Windows 10 (ARM)
Q1/2022 Release date Q3/2020
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-1260P (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 (49%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-1260P (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 (34%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1607 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
793 (49%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
9088 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
3053 (34%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
73 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
300 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
1773 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
11420 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
2151 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
7655 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
612 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
4017 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.40 GHz
2146 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
Qualcomm Adreno 690 @ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
17345 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 4.70 GHz
235 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 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.
Intel Core i7-1260P Intel Core i7-1260P
12C 16T @ 3.10 GHz
1778 (100%)
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C 8T @ 3.15 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-1260P Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
Unknown Microsoft Surface Pro X

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