Intel Core 7 240H vs Core 5 220H

56 out of 100
Intel Core 7 240H
VS
55 out of 100
Intel Core 5 220H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core 7 240H with 10-cores against the 2.7 GHz Core 5 220H with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 220H and 240H
Advantages of Intel Core 7 240H
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core 5 220H
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.9 vs 1.6 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
115
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
830
Cinebench Scores (#199th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2460
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13094
12020
File compression 1220 MB/sec 1070 MB/sec
Clang compilation 94.3 Klines/sec 88.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 342 pages/sec 291.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 390.1 Mpixels/sec 365.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 262 pages/sec 249.5 pages/sec
Background blur 54.8 images/sec 53 images/sec
Photo processing 129.1 images/sec 114 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.6 Mpixels/sec 20.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3784
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
23981
21884
Integer math 80.4 GOps/sec 73.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.9 GOps/sec 51.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 102M Primes/sec 82M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28.9M Strings/sec 28.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.2 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 272 MBytes/sec 247.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1723 Frames/sec 1478 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.9B Matrices/sec 14.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 979 & 26 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 15.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 291 PPW 267.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 532.9 PPW 486.3 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 220H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 December 18, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 240H 220H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (64EU) UHD Graphics Xe G4 (80EU)
Intel CPU rating (103rd and 109th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 12
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 27x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 18MB (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 146th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (64EU) Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1550 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 512 640
TMUs 32 40
ROPs 16 20
Execution Units 64 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS

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 220H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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