Intel Core i3-1210U

The Intel Core i3-1210U is a low power mobile CPU for thin and light laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 2 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 4 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 8 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 1 to 4.4 GHz on the performance cluster and 0.7 to 3.3 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 10 MB L3 cache. 

Performance

Compared to the old 7 Watt Comet Lake-Y series (like the i5-10310Y), the performance should be clearly better thanks to the 6 cores and the improved architecture of the P-cores. Compared to the 15 W U-series (like the similar specified Core i3-1215U) the sustained performance will be clearly limited by the 9 Watt TDP. As always, the performance will also greatly depend on the cooling solution, especially for fanless laptops and tablets.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 64 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 0.9 GHz.

Power consumption

This Core i3 has a Base power consumption of 9 W, with 29 W being its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption. TDP values that low allow for passively cooled laptops, tablets, mini-PCs as long as performance is not a priority.

The CPU is built with Intel's 3rd generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for decent, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Series	Intel Alder Lake-M
Codename	Alder Lake-U
Series: Alder Lake-M Alder Lake-U Intel Core i7-1265U 1.3 - 4.8 GHz 10 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i7-1255U 1.2 - 4.7 GHz 10 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1245U 1.2 - 4.4 GHz 10 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1235U 0.9 - 4.4 GHz 10 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i7-1260U 0.8 - 4.7 GHz 10 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i7-1250U 0.8 - 4.7 GHz 10 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1240U 0.8 - 4.4 GHz 10 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i5-1230U 0.7 - 4.4 GHz 10 / 12  12 MB L3 Intel Core i3-1215U 0.9 - 4.4 GHz 6 / 8  10 MB L3 Intel Pentium 8505 0.9 - 4.4 GHz 5 / 6  8 MB L3 Intel Core i3-1210U « 0.7 - 4.4 GHz 6 / 8  10 MB L3 Intel Pentium 8500 0.7 - 4.4 GHz 5 / 6  8 MB L3 Intel Celeron 7305 0.9 - 1.1 GHz 5 / 5  8 MB L3 Intel Celeron 7300 0.7 - 1 GHz 5 / 5  8 MB L3
Clock Rate	700 - 4400 MHz
Level 1 Cache	544 KB
Level 2 Cache	5 MB
Level 3 Cache	10 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	6 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	9 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	10 nm
Max. Temperature	100 °C
Socket	BGA1700
Features	Thread Director
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) ( - 850 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	01/04/2022

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