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Intel Core 7 240H vs Core 5 205H

56 out of 100
Intel Core 7 240H
VS
52 out of 100
Intel Core 5 205H
Intel Core 7 240H
Intel Core 5 205H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core 7 240H with 10-cores against the 2.2 GHz Core 5 205H with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 205H and 240H
Advantages of Intel Core 7 240H
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (64EU)
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core 5 205H
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 7 240H
vs
Core 5 205H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core 7 240H +8%
115
Core 5 205H
106
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 7 240H +40%
830
Core 5 205H
591
Cinebench Scores (#198th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core 7 240H
2421
Core 5 205H +1%
2449
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 7 240H +39%
13094
Core 5 205H
9426
File compression 1220 MB/sec -
Clang compilation 94.3 Klines/sec -
HTML 5 Browser 342 pages/sec -
PDF Renderer 390.1 Mpixels/sec -
Text processing 262 pages/sec -
Background blur 54.8 images/sec -
Photo processing 129.1 images/sec -
Ray tracing 19.6 Mpixels/sec -
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 80.4 GOps/sec -
Floating point math 58.9 GOps/sec -
Find prime numbers 102M Primes/sec -
Random string sorting 28.9M Strings/sec -
Data encryption 15.2 GBytes/sec -
Data compression 272 MBytes/sec -
Physics 1723 Frames/sec -
Extended instructions 16.9B Matrices/sec -
Sources: PassMark [3] – 979 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.4 PPW 13.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291 PPW 209.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 532.9 PPW -
Blender / Watt 4.38 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 7 240H and Core 5 205H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 January 7, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 240H 205H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (64EU) No
Intel CPU rating (103rd and 136th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 22x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (137th and 173rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (64EU) -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz -
Shading Units 512 -
TMUs 32 -
ROPs 16 -
Execution Units 64 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core 7 240H
1.6 TFLOPS
Core 5 205H
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 7 240H official page Intel Core 5 205H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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