Intel Core 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.
Series Intel Alder Lake-M Codename Alder Lake-U Series: Alder Lake-M Alder Lake-U Clock Rate 1300 - 4800 MHz Level 1 Cache 928 KB Level 2 Cache 9.5 MB Level 3 Cache 12 MB Number of Cores / Threads 10 / 12 Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 15 Watt Manufacturing Technology 10 nm Max. Temperature 100 °C Socket BGA1744 Features Thread Director, Iris Xe Graphcis (96 EUs) GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1250 MHz)64 Bit 64 Bit support Architecture x86 Announcement Date 01/04/2022 Product Link (external) Intel Alder Lake-M i7-1265U
Benchmarks Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
39.9 pt (58%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 4332 avg: 7486 median: 8225 (13%) max: 9219 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 92% 48% 100% 77% 98% 89% 96%
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1144 avg: 1595 median: 1679.5 (74%) max: 1820 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 98% 73% 87% 92% 100% 100% 99%
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 528 avg: 619 median: 642 (74%) max: 701 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 98% 80% 87% 93% 100% 98% 100%
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 1669 avg: 2884 median: 3214.5 (14%) max: 3584 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 92% 48% 100% 76% 98% 91% 96%
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 706 avg: 1244 median: 1344.5 (14%) max: 1572 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 86% 46% 75% 83% 97% 92% 100%
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0 80 160 240 320 400 480 560 640 720 800 880 960 1040 1120 1200 1280 1360 1440 1520 Tooltip HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9-6B8A2EA: Ø676 (667.96-706.38)
HP ZBook Firefly 16 G9-6B897EA: Ø664 (658.25-723.46)
Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga G3 21AW003UGE: Ø927 (791.42-1153.57)
HP Elite Dragonfly G3: Ø988 (961.28-1204.49)
Intel NUC Pro Chassis_i7_1265U: Ø1254 (1145.71-1444.46)
HP Elite Dragonfly Folio 13.5 G3: Ø1069 (981.47-1368.74)
Dell Latitude 13 7330: Ø1068 (1010.48-1420.35)
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 Core i7-1265U: Ø1254 (1187.75-1428.11)
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9-6B8A2EA: Ø1242 (1060.05-1543.33)
Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1: Ø1267 (1223.84-1572.02)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 165.3 avg: 229.7 median: 240 (73%) max: 260 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 97% 84% 66% 93% 99% 99% 100%
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
16.5 Points (23%)
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3 Points (76%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
8549 points (52%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
38152 points (28%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
60266 Points (43%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
13904 Points (76%)
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wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
217.4 s (3%)
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
5.2 s (1%)
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5960 points (12%)
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 20087 avg: 32344 median: 34399 (21%) max: 38715 MIPS
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 94% 54% 100% 84% 97% 82% 90%
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4614 avg: 5198 median: 5285.5 (63%) max: 5617 MIPS
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 95% 87% 82% 91% 96% 100% 100%
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
81 fps (29%)
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
265.5 fps (62%)
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HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 5.09 avg: 8.6 median: 9.2 (20%) max: 10.6 fps
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 94% 51% 88% 82% 100% 91% 93%
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0 5 10 15 20 Tooltip HP ZBook Firefly 16 G9-6B897EA: Ø5.95 (1.26-21.7)
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9-6B8A2EA: Ø6.03 (1.22-20.5)
HP Elite Dragonfly G3: Ø8.94 (1.11-20.1)
Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Yoga G3 21AW003UGE: Ø10.1 (1.14-20)
HP Elite Dragonfly Folio 13.5 G3: Ø10.3 (1.16-21.1)
Dell Latitude 13 7330: Ø10.3 (1.11-19.1)
HP ZBook Firefly 14 G9-6B8A2EA: Ø10.7 (1.14-21.1)
Intel NUC Pro Chassis_i7_1265U: Ø10.5 (0.55-17.4)
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G10 Core i7-1265U: Ø10.9 (1.15-20.8)
Dell Latitude 9430 2-in-1: Ø11.7 (1.25-21.8)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.9 GB/s (30%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.6 GB/s (30%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
9.7 GB/s (29%)
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 684 avg: 887 median: 834 (11%) max: 1326 Seconds
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 109% 100% 105% 106% 108% 106% 108%
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 364 avg: 465.9 median: 423.5 (3%) max: 684 Seconds
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 102% 100% 102% 102% 102% 102% 102%
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R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4666 avg: 0.5 median: 0.5 (11%) max: 0.578 sec
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 102% 101% 100% 102% 102% 102% 102%
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3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 7351 avg: 9434 median: 9433.5 (20%) max: 11516 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W 100% 64%
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
8 s (2%)
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.5 s (1%)
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
429.8 s (2%)
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 26635 avg: 35503 median: 35502.5 (33%) max: 44370 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W 100% 60%
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 7560 avg: 11888 median: 11716 (32%) max: 16290 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 100% 50% 49% 74% 90% 87% 77%
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
63003 Points (52%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
63619 Points (53%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
67580 Points (57%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 5667 avg: 9450 median: 10255 (26%) max: 12375 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W 100% 54% 46% 79% 91% 93%
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 8745 avg: 14302 median: 14659 (27%) max: 18414 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 99% 56% 48% 81% 93% 100% 75%
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 3482 avg: 5221 median: 5352.5 (26%) max: 6837 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 93% 53% 55% 80% 100% 80% 79%
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Geekbench 5.2 - 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1429 avg: 1697 median: 1739.5 (75%) max: 1806 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 95% 100% 79% 89% 98% 99% 96%
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Geekbench 5.2 - 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 5022 avg: 7709 median: 8127 (28%) max: 8981 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 100% 61% 91% 96% 98% 79% 99%
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1489 avg: 1648 median: 1678 (7%) max: 1700 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W 99% 92% 100% 100%
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6992 avg: 8211 median: 8305.5 (26%) max: 8917 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W 100% 94% 96% 79%
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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
7515 points (78%)
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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
33057 points (37%)
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 542 avg: 572 median: 553 (1%) max: 636 ms
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 68050 avg: 75259 median: 73251 (67%) max: 84477 Points
CPU TDP 12 W TDP 33 W 84% 100%
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WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 198.4 avg: 233.9 median: 242.5 (72%) max: 250 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 90% 100% 79% 88% 97% 98% 98%
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 221 avg: 268.4 median: 279.5 (58%) max: 288 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 12 W TDP 15 W TDP 20 W TDP 24 W TDP 25 W TDP 33 W 93% 100% 78% 90% 98% 99% 99%
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CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1301 avg: 1540 median: 1593.5 (62%) max: 1623 Points