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Intel Core i5 1235U vs i5 11300H

43 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1235U
VS
38 out of 100
Intel Core i5 11300H
Intel Core i5 1235U
Intel Core i5 11300H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 1235U with 10-cores against the 2.6-3.1 GHz i5 11300H with 4-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 (3)

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 11300H and 1235U
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1235U
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1235U
vs
Core i5 11300H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 400 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1046 -
Submit your benchmark results

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1235U +15%
6362
Core i5 11300H
5518
File compression 448.4 MB/sec 435.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 24.1 Klines/sec 38.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 156 pages/sec 115.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 128.9 Mpixels/sec 169.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.3 pages/sec 178.3 pages/sec
Background blur 34.7 images/sec 28.7 images/sec
Photo processing 54.1 images/sec 52 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 7.26 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 & 1146 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 1235U +10%
3051
Core i5 11300H
2762
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1235U +16%
12449
Core i5 11300H
10742
Integer math 47.4 GOps/sec 34.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 37.4 GOps/sec 21 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 534M Primes/sec 35M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 16.6M Strings/sec 15M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9 GBytes/sec 6.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 143.4 MBytes/sec 121.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 649 Frames/sec 606 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.9B Matrices/sec 9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8323 & 1600 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 1235U +24%
80.33
Core i5 11300H
64.74

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.5 PPW 9.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 424.1 PPW 157.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 829.9 PPW 306.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.36 PPW 1.85 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 1235U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (zoetje)Cinebench 2026400 / 1046
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (Jubayer)Cinebench 202486 / 393
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (TASIN AMIR)GeekBench2191 / 7204
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-08 -> samueltailsGeekBench2147 / 6050
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-13 (sauron269)Cinebench 202498 / 368
Add View all (5)
Intel Core i5 11300H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mike)GeekBench1989 / 6285
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-13 (Mike)GeekBench1900 / 5689
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-13 (Mike)Cinebench 202474 / 328
Add View all (3)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1235U and i5 11300H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released February 23, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i5-1235U i5-11300H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Iris Xe Graphics 80EU
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U -
Intel CPU rating (#199th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.3 GHz 2.6-3.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 13x 26-31x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 28-35 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 640 640
TMUs 40 40
ROPs 20 20
Execution Units 80 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1235U
1.5 TFLOPS
Core i5 11300H +13%
1.7 TFLOPS
See: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1235U official page Intel Core i5 11300H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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Priyanshu Kumar September 16, 2023 at 01:14 PM
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