Intel Core i7-1280P vs Intel Core i7-11600H

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-1280P CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-11600H
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-11600H

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-1280P or Intel Core i7-11600H - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i7-1280P has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-1280P was released in Q1/2022.

The Intel Core i7-11600H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-11600H was released in Q3/2021.
Intel Core i7 (293) Family Intel Core i7 (293)
Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21) CPU group Intel Core i 11000H (17)
12 Generation 11
Alder Lake U Architecture Tiger Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-1280P has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-1280P is 1.80 GHz (4.80 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-11600H has 6 CPU cores and 12 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-11600H is at 2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz).

Intel Core i7-1280P Characteristic Intel Core i7-11600H
14 Cores 6
20 Threads 12
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz (4.80 GHz)
6x Golden Cove
A-Core 2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz)
1.30 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core --

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 i7-1280P Characteristic Intel Core i7-11600H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-1280P or Intel Core i7-11600H has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
1.45 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.45 GHz
13 GPU Generation 11
10 nm Technology 10 nm
4 Max. displays 3
96 Compute units 32
768 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12.1 DirectX Version 12

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 Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
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 / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-1280P can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-11600H supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 51.2 GB/s.

Intel Core i7-1280P Characteristic Intel Core i7-11600H
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-3200
64 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
11.50 MB L2 Cache --
24.00 MB L3 Cache 18.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 4.0
28 PCIe lanes 20
55.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-1280P is 28 W, while the Intel Core i7-11600H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i7-1280P Characteristic Intel Core i7-11600H
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
64 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 35 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-1280P is manufactured in 10 nm and has 35.50 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-11600H is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 18.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-1280P Characteristic Intel Core i7-11600H
10 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 1744 Socket BGA 1787
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2022 Release date Q3/2021
-- Release price 395 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
1587 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1513 (95%)

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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
10126 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
6477 (64%)

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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
2167 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
1903 (88%)

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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
9827 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
6482 (66%)

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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz
2223 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz
742 (33%)

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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
20478 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
15769 (77%)

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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
77 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 4.60 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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
437 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 4.60 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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
1848 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 4.60 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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
13549 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 2.50 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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
707 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 4.60 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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
5222 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
206 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 2.50 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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
264 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 4.60 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 i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
2103 (100%)
Intel Core i7-11600H Intel Core i7-11600H
6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-11600H
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