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Is the Intel Core i5-1230U Good for Gaming?
This is an old CPU that contains 10 Cores and 12 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]
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: 35.21
Overall Rank:
1349th fastest in multithreading out of 5277 CPUs
834th fastest in single threading out of 5277 CPUs
326th fastest in out of 1498 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: $309.00 USD (2022-01-01)
Integer Math | 38,401 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 25,340 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 55 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 12,760 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 7,176 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 114,042 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 828 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 6,282 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 2,712 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,148 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,795 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 20,024 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,225 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,688 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,658 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,148 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 11,622 | |
Intel Core i5-1230U | 10,881 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,674 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,511 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.69 | |
Intel Core i5-1230U | 35.21 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.78 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.12 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,899 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,044 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,022 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,911 | |
Intel Core i5-1230U | 2,712 | |
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,641 | |
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,627 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,598 | |
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,404 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2769031 - Jul 16 2025 | 15162 | |
BL2654472 - May 27 2025 | 7948 | |
BL2612426 - May 09 2025 | 13132 | |
BL2609766 - May 08 2025 | 9830 | |
BL2609743 - May 08 2025 | 7626 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i5-1230U | 10,881 | |
Intel Core i5-1235U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 12,911 (+18.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-1245U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 13,172 (+21.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-1334U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 13,391 (+23.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-1255U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 13,213 (+21.4%) | |
Intel Core i3-1315U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 11,505 (+5.7%) | |
Intel Core i3-1220P vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 14,510 (+33.4%) | |
Intel Core i5-1335U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 14,286 (+31.3%) | |
Intel Core i7-1265U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 13,365 (+22.8%) | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 134U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 12,464 (+14.5%) | |
Intel Core i7-1250U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 11,338 (+4.2%) | |
Intel Core i3-1215U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 10,447 (-4.0%) | |
Intel Core i3-1305U vs Intel Core i5-1230U | 8,694 (-20.1%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,823 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 9,012 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 8,041 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,805 | |
Intel Core i9-14900HX | 7,040 | |
Intel Core i9-13900HX | 6,774 | |
Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,749 | |
Intel Core i9-13950HX | 6,749 | |
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,728 | |
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 6,686 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D | 6,630 | |
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 | 6,451 | |
Intel Core i5-1230U | 2,779 |