Intel Core i5 1235U vs i5 1145G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 1235U with 10-cores against the 1.1-2.6 GHz i5 1145G7 with 4-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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1145G7 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 6 months later
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2089 vs 1883 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2089
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 448.4 MB/sec 612.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 24.1 Klines/sec 31.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 156 pages/sec 132.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 128.9 Mpixels/sec 170.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.3 pages/sec 176.2 pages/sec
Background blur 34.7 images/sec 29.7 images/sec
Photo processing 54.1 images/sec 64.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 7.25 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 & 1157 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3051
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
12449
Integer math 47.4 GOps/sec 31.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 37.4 GOps/sec 18.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 534M Primes/sec 32M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 16.6M Strings/sec 12.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9 GBytes/sec 5.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 143.4 MBytes/sec 100.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 649 Frames/sec 535 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.9B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8323 & 6811 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
80.33

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.5 PPW 25.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 424.1 PPW 215.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 829.9 PPW 326.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.36 PPW 2.17 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
Intel Core i5 1145G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-15 (Bob Blob)GeekBench1915 / 6100
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-15 (Bob Blob)Cinebench 202477 / 226

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1235U and i5 1145G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released February 23, 2022 September 1, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i5-1235U i5-1145G7
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
Intel CPU rating (#198th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.3 GHz 1.1-2.6 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 11-26x
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) 12-28 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 G7 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
1.5 TFLOPS
1.7 TFLOPS

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 1145G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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