Intel Core Ultra 5 235U vs i5 1035G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235U with 12-cores against the 1.2 GHz i5 1035G7 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1035G7 and 235U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
  • Newer - released 5 years and 6 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2.1 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • Around 46.77 GB/s (84%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 54% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2442 vs 1584 points
  • 32% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 3.7 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • More than 10° C higher critical temperature

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)

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)
File compression 974.6 MB/sec 473.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.4 Klines/sec 26.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270 pages/sec 127.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 281.3 Mpixels/sec 155.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 258.2 pages/sec 125.1 pages/sec
Background blur 47.6 images/sec 17.7 images/sec
Photo processing 95.2 images/sec 56.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.4 Mpixels/sec 6.61 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]594 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 63.3 GOps/sec 27.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 44.7 GOps/sec 15.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 24M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.8M Strings/sec 10.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.1 GBytes/sec 4.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 192.4 MBytes/sec 88.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1063 Frames/sec 570 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec 6.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]999 & 454 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
117.21

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.4 PPW 11.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 704.7 PPW 302.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1158.4 PPW 530.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.81 PPW 2.21 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235U and i5 1035G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 August 1, 2019
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Ice Lake
Model number 235U i5-1035G7
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Iris Plus Graphics G7
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 - AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
Intel CPU rating (#130th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 3.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 -
E-Threads 10 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 4
Total Threads 14 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz -
Multiplier 20x 12x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1526
Peak Temperature 110°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 1050 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 64
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.1 TFLOPS
1.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-3733
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 55.63 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 235U official page Intel Core i5 1035G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 -

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