Core i5-1230U: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-1230U provides acceptable benchmark performance at 7.17% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Summary

Intel started Core i5-1230U sales 23 February 2022. This is an Alder Lake-U architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 10 cores and 12 threads, and is based on Intel 7 manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4400 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA1781 processor with a TDP of 9 Watt. It supports DDR4, DDR5 memory.

Primary details

Core i5-1230U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking1003
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiency72.64of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-U (2022)
Release date23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores10 (Deca-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speed1 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.4 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
L1 cache80K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache12 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature100 °Cof 110 °C (Atom x7-E3950)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-1230U compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCBGA1781
Power consumption (TDP)9 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-1230U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Thermal Monitoring+
Flex Memory Access-
Deep Learning Boost+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-1230U's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i5-1230U.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Quick Sync Video+
Graphics max frequency850 MHz
Execution Units80

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-1230U's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-1230U's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-1230U's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1
OpenGL4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version4.0of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes14of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-1230U. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-1230U 7.17

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-1230U 10977

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-1230U 1598

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-1230U 5495

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

i5-1230U 7290

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

i5-1230U 17243

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

i5-1230U 6641

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

i5-1230U 514

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

i5-1230U 187

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

i5-1230U 42

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

i5-1230U 153

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

i5-1230U 4985

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

i5-1230U 6755

Blender(-)

i5-1230U 754

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

i5-1230U 1529

7-Zip Single

i5-1230U 3969

7-Zip

i5-1230U 20092

WebXPRT 3

i5-1230U 234

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

i5-1230U 21447

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

i5-1230U 5120

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i5-1230U's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Ryzen 3 7330U 100.28
Core i5-1230U 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i5-1230U is Ryzen 3 7330U, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i5-1230U:

Ryzen 3 7330U 100.28
Core i5-1230U 100

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