Intel Core 5 205H: specs and benchmarks
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Summary
Intel started Core 5 205H sales 7 June 2026. This is a Raptor Lake-H Refresh architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 8 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is BGA1744 processor.
Primary details
Core 5 205H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Intel Raptor Lake-H | |
| Designer | Intel | |
| Architecture codename | Raptor Lake-H Refresh (2026) | |
| Release date | 7 June 2026 (less than a year 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 cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | |
| Threads | 12 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.8 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 704 KB | of 96 KB (Xeon 6990E+) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | of 1.8 nm (Core Ultra 7 366H) |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | of 110 °C (Core Ultra 9 285H) |
| 64 bit support | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core 5 205H 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.
| Socket | BGA1744 |
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