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Intel Core i5-1230U

Intel i5-1230U

The Intel Core i5-1230U is a 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 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 12 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 12 MB L3 cache.  Compared to the similar Core i5-1240U, the 1230U offers a lower base CPU clock speed and only "Essentials" vPro management features.

Performance

Compared to the old 7 Watt Comet Lake-Y series (like the i7-10510Y), the performance should be clearly better thanks to the 10 cores and the improved architecture of the P-cores. Compared to the 15 W U-series (like the similar specified Core i5-1235U) 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 card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 80 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 0.85 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 9 W base power (TDP, PL1) and 29 W max. Turbo power (PL2) and the whole SoC is manufactured on a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

SeriesIntel Alder Lake-M
CodenameAlder Lake-U

Series: Alder Lake-M Alder Lake-U

Intel Core i7-1265U compare1.3 - 4.8 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1255U compare1.2 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1245U compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1235U compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1250U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240U compare0.8 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1230U « 0.7 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1215U compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8505 compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1210U compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8500 compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7305 compare0.9 - 1.1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7300 compare0.7 - 1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Clock Rate700 - 4400 MHz
Level 1 Cache928 KB
Level 2 Cache9.5 MB
Level 3 Cache12 MB
Number of Cores / Threads10 / 12
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)9 Watt
Manufacturing Technology10 nm
Max. Temperature100 °C
SocketBGA1781
FeaturesLPDDR4x-4266/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, vPro Essen., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
GPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs ( - 850 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date01/04/2022
Product Link (external)ark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
29.9 pt (41%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 3066     avg: 4911     median: 4402 (4%)     max: 7264 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1135     avg: 1319     median: 1310 (56%)     max: 1512 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 441     avg: 496.7     median: 469 (52%)     max: 580 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1175     avg: 1877     median: 1653 (4%)     max: 2802 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 433     avg: 734     median: 514 (3%)     max: 1254 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 120.1     avg: 176     median: 186.8 (56%)     max: 221 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
12037 Points (15%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 12470     avg: 22356     median: 20092 (12%)     max: 34505 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 3873     avg: 4237     median: 3969 (47%)     max: 4870 MIPS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 3.59     avg: 6     median: 6 (10%)     max: 8.33 fps
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 1023     avg: 1459     median: 1458.5 (19%)     max: 1894 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 503     avg: 754     median: 754 (5%)     max: 1005 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.527     avg: 0.6     median: 0.6 (13%)     max: 0.676 sec
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 6656     avg: 9961     median: 10067 (27%)     max: 13161 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 4472     avg: 7453     median: 7284 (18%)     max: 10602 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 6737     avg: 12027     median: 13426 (24%)     max: 15917 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 2140     avg: 2983     median: 3017 (13%)     max: 3791 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1454     avg: 1541     median: 1529 (65%)     max: 1640 points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 4193     avg: 6086     median: 6755 (12%)     max: 7309 points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1412     avg: 1472     median: 1471.5 (6%)     max: 1531 points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3814     avg: 5506     median: 5505.5 (17%)     max: 7197 points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
5120 points (100%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
24369 points (38%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 604     avg: 641     median: 640.5 (1%)     max: 677 ms
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 188.4     avg: 204.2     median: 204.2 (59%)     max: 220 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 219     avg: 233.5     median: 233.5 (49%)     max: 248 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1117     avg: 1271     median: 1312 (50%)     max: 1383 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 14.7     avg: 25.3     median: 23.2 (4%)     max: 38 Watt
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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 17.8     avg: 36.4     median: 43.9 (8%)     max: 47.4 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 2.87     avg: 5.2     median: 5.8 (4%)     max: 6.87 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 3.02     avg: 4.4     median: 3.9 (4%)     max: 6.1 Watt
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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 10.8     avg: 19.7     median: 19.7 (15%)     max: 28.6 Points per Watt
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Other CPUs of the series Alder Lake-M

» Intel Core i7-1265U
   10x 1.3 GHz - 4.8 GHz
» Intel Core i7-1255U
   10x 1.2 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1245U
   10x 1.2 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1235U
   10x 0.9 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Core i7-1260U
   10x 0.8 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-1250U
   10x 0.8 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1240U
   10x 0.8 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1230U
   10x 0.7 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Core i3-1215U
   6x 0.9 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Pentium 8505
   5x 0.9 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Core i3-1210U
   6x 0.7 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Pentium 8500
   5x 0.7 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Celeron 7305
   5x 0.9 GHz - 1.1 GHz
» Intel Celeron 7300
   5x 0.7 GHz - 1 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
   6x 2.1 GHz - 4 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650U
   6x 2.1 GHz - 4 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-11320H
   4x 3.2 GHz - 4.5 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-11300H
   4x 3.1 GHz - 4.4 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-1240U
   10x 0.8 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» Intel Core i5-1230U
   10x 0.7 GHz - 4.4 GHz
- Intel Core 3 100U
   6x 0.9 GHz - 4.7 GHz
- Intel Core i3-1315U
   6x 0.9 GHz - 4.5 GHz
- Intel Core i3-1215U
   6x 0.9 GHz - 4.4 GHz
- Intel Core i5-10400H
   4x 2.6 GHz - 4.6 GHz
- Intel Core i5-1145G7
   4x 2.6 GHz - 4.4 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2022-01- 9)