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Intel Core i5 1235U vs i5 11320H

43 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1235U
VS
39 out of 100
Intel Core i5 11320H
Intel Core i5 1235U
Intel Core i5 11320H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 1235U with 10-cores against the 2.5-3.2 GHz i5 11320H 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 11320H and 1235U
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1235U
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2089 vs 1833 points
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11320H
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU integrated graphics: 2.1 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1235U
vs
Core i5 11320H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 400 561
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1046 1227
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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 i5 1235U +14%
2089
Core i5 11320H
1833
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1235U +10%
6362
Core i5 11320H
5773
File compression 448.4 MB/sec 692.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 24.1 Klines/sec 32.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 156 pages/sec 127.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 128.9 Mpixels/sec 153.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.3 pages/sec 181.9 pages/sec
Background blur 34.7 images/sec 25 images/sec
Photo processing 54.1 images/sec 69.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 5.86 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 & 1015 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1235U +16%
12449
Core i5 11320H
10772
Integer math 47.4 GOps/sec 36.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 37.4 GOps/sec 21.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 534M Primes/sec 39M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 16.6M Strings/sec 14.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9 GBytes/sec 6.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 143.4 MBytes/sec 122.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 649 Frames/sec 633 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.9B Matrices/sec 8.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8323 & 749 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 1235U +20%
80.33
Core i5 11320H
67.21

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 164.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 829.9 PPW 307.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.36 PPW 1.92 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)Geekbench 6 CPU2191 / 7204
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-08 -> samueltailsGeekbench 6 CPU2147 / 6050
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-13 (sauron269)Cinebench 202498 / 368
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Intel Core i5 11320H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-05 (Sheldon)Cinebench 2026561 / 1227
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Nooob)Geekbench 6 CPU2107 / 6078
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1235U and i5 11320H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released February 23, 2022 June 21, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i5-1235U i7-11320H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
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 2.5-3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.5 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 25-32x
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) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1350 MHz
Shading Units 640 768
TMUs 40 48
ROPs 20 24
Execution Units 80 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1235U
1.5 TFLOPS
Core i5 11320H +40%
2.1 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

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 11320H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 11320H or i5 1235U?
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Nono more October 29, 2022 at 11:07 PM
Are you sure about no. of PCI express lanes of Intel core i5 11320h?
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Sergey October 30, 2022 at 02:51 PM
It have 20 PCI Lanes, sorry for that.
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bryce September 26, 2022 at 12:53 PM
11320H's single-core and multi-core scores are similar to1235U, but 96eu is about 15%-20% stronger than 1235U's 80eu.
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