Intel Core Ultra 5 235U vs i5 1145G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235U with 12-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1145G7 and 235U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
  • Newer - released 4 years and 5 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 30% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2442 vs 1883 points
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2.1 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

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 612.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.4 Klines/sec 31.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270 pages/sec 132.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 281.3 Mpixels/sec 170.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 258.2 pages/sec 176.2 pages/sec
Background blur 47.6 images/sec 29.7 images/sec
Photo processing 95.2 images/sec 64.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.4 Mpixels/sec 7.25 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 1157 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 31.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 44.7 GOps/sec 18.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 32M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.8M Strings/sec 12.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.1 GBytes/sec 5.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 192.4 MBytes/sec 100.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1063 Frames/sec 535 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec 7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 999 & 6811 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 25.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 704.7 PPW 215.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1158.4 PPW 326.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.81 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 Ultra 5 235U
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i5 1145G7
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-15 (Bob Blob)GeekBench1915 / 6100
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-06-15 (Bob Blob)Cinebench 202477 / 226

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235U and i5 1145G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 September 1, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Tiger Lake
Model number 235U i5-1145G7
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 - AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
Intel CPU rating (#129th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 1.1-2.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.4 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 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 11-26x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 12-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 110ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 512 640
TMUs 32 40
ROPs 16 20
Execution Units 64 80
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.1 TFLOPS
1.7 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 235U official page Intel Core i5 1145G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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