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Intel Core i5 1240P vs Apple M1

45 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1240P
VS
53 out of 100
Apple M1
Intel Core i5 1240P
Apple M1

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 1240P with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz Apple M1 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between M1 and 1240P
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1240P
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
Advantages of Apple M1
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Apple M1 GPU integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2410 vs 2201 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1240P
vs
Apple M1

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core i5 1240P
80
Apple M1 +38%
110
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i5 1240P
480
Apple M1 +9%
525
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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 1240P
2201
Apple M1 +9%
2410
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1240P +1%
8643
Apple M1
8547
File compression 629 MB/sec 941 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61.4 Klines/sec 68.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 212.7 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 278.2 Mpixels/sec 211.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 196.2 pages/sec 250.8 pages/sec
Background blur 39 images/sec 34.1 images/sec
Photo processing 76.8 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.8 Mpixels/sec 9.74 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 536 & 760 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 1240P
3161
Apple M1 +16%
3673
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1240P +12%
15763
Apple M1
14123
Integer math 60.9 GOps/sec 33.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.8 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 44M Primes/sec 141M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.7M Strings/sec 21M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.9 GBytes/sec 8.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 183.4 MBytes/sec 168 MBytes/sec
Physics 859 Frames/sec 1359 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.6B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2088 & 10702 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 1240P +16%
110.19
Apple M1
95.27

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.1 PPW 37.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 308.7 PPW 610.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 563 PPW 1008.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.94 PPW 6.81 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 1240P
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-19 (Aki)GeekBench2214 / 9632
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-19 (Aki)Cinebench 202498 / 523
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-16 (tg)Cinebench 202480 / 480
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-15 (Piyush)Cinebench 202465 / 88
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Apple M1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 -> op1GeekBench2420 / 8793
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-06 (gaR)GeekBench2396 / 8763
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)GeekBench2395 / 8820
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Ario)Cinebench 2024110 / 465
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-17 (Qianhe)Cinebench 2024110 / 525
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1240P and Apple M1

General

Vendor Intel Apple
Released February 23, 2022 November 20, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 ARMv8
Codename Alder Lake Apple M1
Model number i5-1240P -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Apple M1 GPU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 5500U -
Successor - Intel Core i5 1340P - Apple M5 (10-Core)
Intel CPU rating (#187th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz -
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.2 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 8
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 17x -
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 12MB (shared)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) -
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 16 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 14 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W -
Socket BGA-1744 Apple M-Socket
Peak Temperature 100Β°C -

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Apple M1 GPU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 450 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1278 MHz
Shading Units 640 1024
TMUs 40 64
ROPs 20 32
Execution Units 80 128
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1240P
1.7 TFLOPS
Apple M1 +53%
2.6 TFLOPS
More info: Apple M1 GPU (8-core) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 8
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.25 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1240P official page -
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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