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cores to work for an outstanding score of

1,837. This absolutely blows away the prior

Core i7-1195G7 and comes surprisingly close

to the Ryzen 7 5700H. Intel’s many-core

approach pays off here.

This remains true in Handbrake, another

heavily multi-threaded benchmark.

Transcoding a 4K file of the short film Tears of

Steel takes over an hour, which is a long time,

but it’s about a half-hour less than prior Intel

processors. The Core i7-1260P does not

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Lenova Yoga 9i (2022)Core i7-1260P

Acer Swift 3 Core i7-11370H

HP Envy x360 15Ryzen 7 5700U

Lenova Yoga 9i (2021)Core i7-1195G7

Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED Ryzen 7 5800H

5,032

5,280

5,471

5,337

5,877

PCMark 10 Overall

CPU performance

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Lenova Yoga 9i (2022)Core i7-1260P

Acer Swift 3 Core i7-11370H

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 CarbonGen 9 Core i7-1195G7

HP Envy x360 15Ryzen 7 5700U

Asus Vivobook Pro 15 OLED Ryzen 7 5800H

982

1,837

1,4 01

930

1,914

Cinebench R15

All threads

Wireless connectivity is provided by Wi-Fi
6 (fave.co/3IkeCUI), along with Bluetooth
5.1. The wireless adapter provided very
strong, reliable performance in my testing,
dealing well with all corners of my home.
Bluetooth was functional up to about 25 feet
with walls between devices.

PERFORMANCE
The Yoga 9i 14-inch is an interesting test of
the Intel Core i7-1260P’s capabilities. This
new 12th-Gen Intel Core processor packs a
total of 12 processor cores (four P-Cores, 8
E-Cores), plus Intel Xe graphics. It looks great
on paper.
PCMark 10 gets the Yoga 9i with i7-1260P
off to a mediocre start. The benchmark score
of 5,280 is not bad, but it doesn’t defeat the
prior model with an Intel Core i7-1195G7
processor (fave.co/3FOEmIq). It also falls
behind the Ryzen 5700U.
The heavily multi-threaded Cinebench
R15 benchmark is a different story. It puts the

SHORTER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

Lenova Yoga 9i (2022)Core i7-1260P

Acer Swift 3 Core i7-11370H

Acer Aspire 5Core i5-1135G7

Asus ROG Zephyrus G14Ryzen 9 6900HS

MSI Prestige 14Evo Core i7-1195G7

5,4 46

3,852

6,847

Handbrake 1.5.1 4K

H.265 MKV 2160p CPU

Seconds

2,876

5,704