Intel Core i5-1230U

Benchmarks for the Intel Core i5-1230U can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the Intel Core i5-1230U Good for Gaming?

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Intel Core i5-1230U

Description: Intel Iris Xe Graphics

Class: Laptop

Socket: FCBGA1781

Total Cores: 10 Cores, 12 Threads

Performance Cores: 2 Cores, 4 Threads, 1.0 GHz Base, 4.4 GHz Turbo

Efficient Cores: 8 Cores, 8 Threads, 0.7 GHz Base, 3.3 GHz Turbo

Typical TDP: 9 W

TDP Up: 29 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1280 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB

Cache per Eff. CPU Package:
Eff. L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 64 KB
Eff. L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
Eff. L2 Cache: 2 x 2048 KB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s, Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s)

Other names: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1230U, 12th Gen Intel Core i5-1230U

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q2 2022

CPUmark/$Price: 35.53

Overall Rank:
1134th fastest in multithreading out of 4890 CPUs
635th fastest in single threading out of 4890 CPUs
265th fastest in out of 1434 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: $309.00 USD (2022-01-01)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

10977

Single Thread Rating

2748

Samples: 41*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core i5-1230U

Integer Math	38,758 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	25,384 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	55 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	13,078 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	7,218 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	113,988 KBytes/Sec
Physics	853 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	6,343 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	2,748 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of November 2024.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core i5-1230U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 19th of November 2024

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 19th of November 2024.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		21,865
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		21,004
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,417
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,485
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,568
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,157
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		13,016
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,838
Intel Core i5-1230U		10,977
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,805
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,735

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.69
Intel Core i5-1230U		35.53
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.50
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.26
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,903
Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,801
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,687
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,072
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,043
Intel Core i5-1230U		2,748
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,676
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,654
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,613
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U		2,440
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,421

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core i5-1230U
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2212707 - Oct 06 2024		9822
BL2172397 - Aug 18 2024		11897
BL2160292 - Aug 03 2024		6509
BL2136670 - Jul 03 2024		6212
BL2125853 - Jun 17 2024		14591

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Core i5-1230U
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i5-1230U		10,977
Intel Core i5-1235U vs Intel Core i5-1230U		13,385 (+21.9%)
Intel Core i5-1245U vs Intel Core i5-1230U		13,360 (+21.7%)
Intel Core i7-1255U vs Intel Core i5-1230U		13,568 (+23.6%)
Intel Core i3-1315U vs Intel Core i5-1230U		12,183 (+11.0%)
Intel Core i5-1334U vs Intel Core i5-1230U		13,218 (+20.4%)
Intel Core i3-1220P vs Intel Core i5-1230U		14,520 (+32.3%)
Intel Core i7-1250U vs Intel Core i5-1230U		11,654 (+6.2%)
Intel Core i7-1250U vs Intel Core i5-1230U		11,654 (+6.2%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 134U vs Intel Core i5-1230U		11,989 (+9.2%)
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz vs Intel Core i5-1230U		9,735 (-11.3%)
Intel Core i3-1305U vs Intel Core i5-1230U		8,789 (-19.9%)
Intel Core i3-1115G4 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i5-1230U		6,048 (-44.9%)

Is the Intel Core i5-1230U Good for Gaming?
As of 21st of November 2024 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,115
Intel Core i9-13950HX		7,004
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,917
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,814
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,593
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,270
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,226
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,201
Intel Core i7-14650HX		6,010
Intel Core i9-13900HK		5,960
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		5,955
Intel Core i9-13905H		5,940
Intel Core i5-1230U		3,053

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