Intel Core i7-1260P vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900U

Processor comparisons   10-01-2022
   If you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision after reading the comprehensive tests Intel Core i7-1260P vs AMD Ryzen 9 4900U and understand which is better for games or normal use for programming, streaming, video editing, machine learning, rendering. Here is all information from many benchmarks or real video editing and streaming tests. A thorough review of all the specifications, to make it easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in software tests like Blender, SuperPi, AIDA64, PassMark, RealBench, 7zip, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Handbrake, Blender, Furmark, WPrime, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), VeraCrypt, UserBenchmark, MATLAB, 3DMark, Dolphin Emulator, Gears 5, Prime95, GeekBench 6, 5.2, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PCMark 10.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

Halo Infinite
Borderlands 3
Valheim
Overwatch
DOOM: Eternal
Rainbow Six Siege
Apex Legends
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Valorant
Grand Theft Auto V
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Fallout 76
Watch Dogs Legion
Red Dead Redemption 2
Death Stranding
Last Man Standing
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Fortnite
Cyberpunk 2077

After looking at the data of parallel benchmarks and videos, you can already make an informed decision about which CPU is better to buy for gaming AMD Ryzen 9 4900U or Intel Core i7-1260P.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Core i7-1260P

56%

Ryzen 9 4900U

56%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Core i7-1260P

55%

Ryzen 9 4900U

53%

For the maximum in this test, the results of the most powerful processor in the site database are taken. And of course, this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because the cost of this processor reaches several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a small game result, just look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the final table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Forza Horizon 4, Hitman 3, Horizon Zero Dawn, Half-Life: Alyx, DOTA 2A, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), NBA 2K20, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Control, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Monster Hunter World, Metro Exodus, Battlefield V, Ghostrunner, League of Legends (LOL).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	97.8	94.6
Valorant	111.1	107.5
Cyberpunk 2077	62.2	60.2
Apex Legends	104.5	101.0
Call of Duty Warzone	83.3	80.6
Overwatch	90.0	87.0
Red Dead Redemption 2	76.7	74.1
DOOM Eternal	55.6	53.7
Warzone	86.7	83.8
Assassin's Creed	93.3	90.3
Valheim	92.2	89.2

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers participating in the comparing not only were the equipped with different video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. So the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. You will get more accurate information about how powerful the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Core i7-1260P

211%

Ryzen 9 4900U

267%

To make a finishing decision on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Ryzen 9 4900U is more energy efficient than the Core i7-1260P since it has less power consumption: 28W vs. 15W. Power consumption is particularly important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, it will be useful to know its TDP. It is necessary to calculate so that the TDP data specified in the cooler specification is greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

Let's say you want to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for programming, streaming, video editing or video rendering, machine learning, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to reach maximum efficiency, the CPU uses all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before using the data from these tests, be sure to check whether the software you are going to use on your computer supports multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the advantages of multi-core mode turns out to be unnecessary.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	Intel Core i7-1260P	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	280	208
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	2053	1398
Cinbench 20 Single-core	673	503
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	4661	3307
Cinbench 23 Single-core	1574	1270
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	15365	10053

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i7-1260P	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Single-Core	3685	2015
Multi-Core	21511	21586

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	Intel Core i7-1260P	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Single-Core	1773	1203
Multi-Core	9600	6431

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most useful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same can be said about overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS in the newest games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	Intel Core i7-1260P	AMD Ryzen 9 4900U
Announcement date	January 07, 2022	January 12, 2021
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FCBGA1744	FP6
Core name	Alder Lake-P	Renoir
Architecture	x86	Zen 2
Generation	12	4
Turbo Frequency	4.7 MHz	4.4 MHz
Frequency	2.1 MHz	2 MHz
Cores	12	8
Threads	16	16
Bus rate	8 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	10 nm	7 nm
Transistors count	9800 millions	8600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	28 W	15 W
Memory type	Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s	DDR4-3200 LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory	64 Gb	32 Gb
Memory Frequency		4266
Memory bandwidth	45.8 GB/s
L1 cache
L2 cache		2MB
L3 cache	24 MB	8MB
Overclocking	No	Yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Core i7-1260P is 4% better than Ryzen 9 4900U in terms of CPU frequency. Another difference is that Core i7-1260P has 4 more core than Ryzen 9 4900U. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i7-1260P is better: 29
The number of parameters for which AMD Ryzen 9 4900U is better: 7
All the data in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should fully trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch the testing video and read the opinion of real owners of Intel Core i7-1260P and AMD Ryzen 9 4900U before making a selection which processor to buy for gaming and which not.

Intel Core i7-1260P - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• Intel Core i7-1260P specs and review.

• AMD Ryzen 9 4900U specs and review.