Intel Core Ultra 5 235U vs i5 1245U
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235U with 12-cores against the 1.6 GHz i5 1245U with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
- More modern manufacturing process โ 3 versus 10 nanometers
- Newer - released 2 years and 11 months later
- Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
- More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2.1 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
- Has 2 more physical cores
- More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
- 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
- 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2442 vs 2233 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 974.6 MB/sec | 473.1 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 78.4 Klines/sec | 37.3 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 270 pages/sec | 158.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 281.3 Mpixels/sec | 205.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 258.2 pages/sec | 206.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 47.6 images/sec | 36.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 95.2 images/sec | 65.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 15.4 Mpixels/sec | 13.1 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 63.3 GOps/sec | 49.1 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 44.7 GOps/sec | 32.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 60M Primes/sec | 36M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 20.8M Strings/sec | 16.9M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 12.1 GBytes/sec | 9.2 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 192.4 MBytes/sec | 144.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1063 Frames/sec | 690 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10.7B Matrices/sec | 8B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35.4 PPW | 27.5 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 704.7 PPW | 464.4 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1158.4 PPW | 849.1 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.81 PPW | 6.32 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i5 1245U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2025-11-30 (Kosta Macarov) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2180 / 8760 |
| ๐ 2025-10-23 (Madu) | Cinebench 2024 | 91 / 412 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235U and i5 1245UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | February 23, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Alder Lake |
| Model number | 235U | i5-1245U |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 | - |
| Successor | - | - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U |
Intel CPU rating (130th and 193rd place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 2 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.0 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.9 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | 8 |
| E-Threads | 10 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.6 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.1 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Total Cores | 12 | 10 |
| Total Threads | 14 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 20x | 16x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 1280K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 12MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 12-15 W (configurable) | 12-15 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 57 W | 55 W |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | BGA-1744 |
| Peak Temperature | 110ยฐC | 100ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (#167th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2050 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 640 |
| TMUs | 32 | 40 |
| ROPs | 16 | 20 |
| Execution Units | 64 | 80 |
| TGP | 14 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-8400 - LPDDR5x-8400 - DDR5-6400 |
- DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - 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 1245U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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