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Intel Core i7-1265U

Intel i7-1265U

The Intel Core i7-1265U is a high-end 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 1.8 to 4.8 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.3 to 3.6 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. The 1265U offers "Enterprise" vPro management features. Compared to the P-series (28W) or H-series (45W), the 15W TDP may limit the sustained performance.

Performance

Thanks to the 10 cores, the multi-threaded performance should be clearly faster than the older quad-core Tiger Lake CPUs with 15 Watt (like the Intel Core i7-1160G7). The sustained performance will be limited by the TDP setting and thermals and therefore only short term loads. Thanks to the architectural improvements of the big Golden Cove cores, the single thread performance should be better than similar clocked Tiger Lake CPUs.

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 all 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.25 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 15 W base power (TDP, PL1) and 55 W max. Turbo power (PL2) and the whole SoC is manufactured on a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

CodenameAlder Lake-U
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-M

Series: Alder Lake-M Alder Lake-U

Intel Core i7-1265U « 1.3 - 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 compare0.7 - 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 Rate1300 - 4800 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)15 Watt
Manufacturing Technology10 nm
Max. Temperature100 °C
SocketBGA1744
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, vPro, RPE, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
GPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1250 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
35 pt (58%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 4332     avg: 7486     median: 8225 (8%)     max: 9219 Points
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1144     avg: 1595     median: 1679.5 (71%)     max: 1820 Points
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 528     avg: 619     median: 642 (70%)     max: 701 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1669     avg: 2884     median: 3214.5 (8%)     max: 3584 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 706     avg: 1244     median: 1344.5 (8%)     max: 1572 Points
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 165.3     avg: 229.7     median: 240 (67%)     max: 260 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
16.5 Points (21%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3 Points (71%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
8549 points (52%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
38152 points (28%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
60266 Points (38%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
13904 Points (17%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
217.4 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
5.2 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
5960 points (9%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 20087     avg: 32344     median: 34399 (20%)     max: 38715 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4614     avg: 5198     median: 5285.5 (62%)     max: 5617 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
81 fps (27%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
265.5 fps (61%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 5.09     avg: 8.6     median: 9.2 (16%)     max: 10.6 fps
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.9 GB/s (27%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.6 GB/s (28%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
9.7 GB/s (25%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 684     avg: 887     median: 834 (11%)     max: 1326 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 364     avg: 465.9     median: 423.5 (3%)     max: 684 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4666     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.578 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 7351     avg: 9434     median: 9433.5 (20%)     max: 11516 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
8 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.5 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
429.8 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 26635     avg: 35503     median: 35502.5 (27%)     max: 44370 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 7560     avg: 11888     median: 11716 (29%)     max: 16290 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
63003 Points (51%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
63619 Points (52%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
67580 Points (56%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 5667     avg: 9450     median: 10255 (26%)     max: 12375 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 8745     avg: 14302     median: 14659 (26%)     max: 18414 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 3482     avg: 5221     median: 5352.5 (23%)     max: 6837 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
1789 points (57%)
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
7851 points (32%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1429     avg: 1697     median: 1739.5 (68%)     max: 1806 points
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5022     avg: 7709     median: 8127 (15%)     max: 8981 points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1489     avg: 1648     median: 1678 (7%)     max: 1700 points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6992     avg: 8211     median: 8305.5 (26%)     max: 8917 points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
7515 points (75%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
33057 points (33%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 542     avg: 572     median: 553 (1%)     max: 636 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 68050     avg: 75259     median: 73251 (55%)     max: 84477 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 198.4     avg: 233.9     median: 242.5 (67%)     max: 250 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 221     avg: 268.4     median: 279.5 (50%)     max: 288 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1301     avg: 1540     median: 1593.5 (60%)     max: 1623 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 20.8     avg: 41.8     median: 42.8 (7%)     max: 63 Watt
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Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 25.2     avg: 48.6     median: 49.5 (9%)     max: 72.3 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 3.54     avg: 6.8     median: 6.5 (4%)     max: 12.7 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 3.67     avg: 5     median: 4.6 (5%)     max: 6.61 Watt
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Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 18.3     avg: 25.8     median: 26.1 (19%)     max: 30.4 Points per Watt
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Core i7-1265U vs. Core i5-1250P: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 laptop review

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HP Dragonfly Folio 13.5 G3 convertible review: No more Snapdragon or Windows on ARM

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HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9-6B8A2EA: NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU, 14.00", 1.5 kg
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HP ZBook Firefly 16 G9-6B897EA: NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU, 16.00", 2 kg
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HP Elite Dragonfly G3: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 13.50", 1.2 kg
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Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 14.00", 1.5 kg
  Review » Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1 convertible review: The Intel 12th gen upgrade

Dell Latitude 13 7330: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 13.30", 1 kg
  Review » Intel Core i7-1265U debut: Dell Latitude 13 7330 1 kg laptop review

Fujitsu Stylistic Q7312: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 13.30", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Fujitsu Stylistic Q7312

Asus ExpertBook B9 B9400, i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 14.00", 1 kg
  External Review » Asus ExpertBook B9 B9400, i7-1265U

HP ZBook Firefly 16 G9-6B897EA: NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU, 16.00", 2 kg
  External Review » HP ZBook Firefly 16 G9-6B897EA

Dell Latitude 7430, i5-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 14.00", 1.2 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 7430, i5-1265U

Fujitsu Lifebook U9312, i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 13.30", 0.9 kg
  External Review » Fujitsu Lifebook U9312, i7-1265U

HP EliteBook 1040 G9, i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 14.00", 1.2 kg
  External Review » HP EliteBook 1040 G9, i7-1265U

Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 15, i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 15.00", 1.6 kg
  External Review » Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 15, i7-1265U

HP Elite Dragonfly Folio 13.5 G3: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 13.50", 1.4 kg
  External Review » HP Elite Dragonfly Folio 13.5 G3

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 Core i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 14.00", 1.2 kg
  External Review » Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 Core i7-1265U

HP Elite x360 1040 G9, i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 14.00", 1.4 kg
  External Review » HP Elite x360 1040 G9, i7-1265U

HP Elite Dragonfly G3: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 13.50", 1.2 kg
  External Review » HP Elite Dragonfly G3

Dell Latitude 14 9430, i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 14.00", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 14 9430, i7-1265U

Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 13, i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 13.50", 1.3 kg
  External Review » Microsoft Surface Laptop 5 13, i7-1265U

Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 14.00", 1.5 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1

HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9, i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 14.00", 1.5 kg
  External Review » HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9, i7-1265U

Dell Latitude 14 7430 2-in-1, i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 14.00", 1.2 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 14 7430 2-in-1, i7-1265U

HP Elite Dragonfly G3, i7-1265U: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 13.50", 1 kg
  External Review » HP Elite Dragonfly G3, i7-1265U

Dell Latitude 13 7330: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, 13.30", 1 kg
  External Review » Dell Latitude 13 7330

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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

+ Intel Core i9-10885H
   8x 2.4 GHz - 5.3 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 7 6800U
   8x 2.7 GHz - 4.7 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U
   8x 2 GHz - 4.5 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-1270P
   12x 1.6 GHz - 4.8 GHz
+ Intel Core i7-1260P
   12x 1.5 GHz - 4.7 GHz
» Intel Core i7-1265U
   10x 1.3 GHz - 4.8 GHz
- Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
   12x 3.6 GHz - 4.3 GHz
- Intel Core Ultra 7 164U
   12x 3.8 GHz - 4.8 GHz
- Intel Core Ultra 5 134U
   12x 3.6 GHz - 4.4 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 5825U
   8x 2 GHz - 4.5 GHz
- AMD Ryzen 7 5825C
   8x 2 GHz - 4.5 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2022-01- 4)