Intel Core i5-1235U

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Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 1200P/1200U
Family
Intel Core i5
Generation
12
Name
Intel Core i5-1235U
Predecessor
—
Segment
Mobile
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
2x Golden Cove
B-Core
8x Gracemont
Base Frequency
1.3 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
hybrid (big.LITTLE)
CPU Cores
10
CPU Threads
12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Overclocking
No
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4.4 GHz
Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
2.5 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
12.1
Execution units
80
Generation
13
GPU Frequency
350 MHz
GPU name
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU Turbo
1200 MHz
Max. displays
4
Max. GPU Memory
64 GB
Release date
Q1/2022
Shader
640
Technology
10 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
Decode
H.264 / AVC
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
64 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
PCIe
4.0 x 28

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
100 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
15 W
TDP (PL2)
55 W
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Alder Lake U
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
L2-Cache
6.5 MB
L3-Cache
12 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q1/2022
Socket
BGA 1744
Technology
10 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-1235U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

189 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Published results: 10

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	Intel Core i5-1235U
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows	69.294435 samples/min Submissions: 17
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows	69.891565 samples/min Submissions: 20
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows	62.385861 samples/min Submissions: 20
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows	68.864953 samples/min Submissions: 30
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux	43.523777 samples/min Submissions: 7
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows	63.495331 samples/min Submissions: 13
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux	47.372177 samples/min Submissions: 5
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows	62.248659 samples/min Submissions: 14
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows	76.352364 samples/min Submissions: 7
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows	54.33796 samples/min Submissions: 5

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 9 threads / windows

Result	Reported conditions
1042.451763 H/s	RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 9 threads / windows System RAM: 8 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Duration: 959.277 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Intel Core i5-1235U with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

1487 GFLOPS

Intel Core i5-1235U

1532 GFLOPS

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

1500 GFLOPS

Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)

All the benchmark results

Comparable benchmark results are required to suggest performance alternatives.