intel core i7 1280p vs intel core i5 1230u

Intel Core i7 1280P
VS
Intel Core i5 1230U
Intel Core i7 1280P
Intel Core i5 1230U

We compared two CPUs Intel Core i7 1280P (Laptop) 14-cores against Intel Core i5 1230U (Laptop) 10-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i7 1280P and Intel Core i5 1230U
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1280P
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1230U
  • Consumes up to 68% less energy than the Intel Core i7 1280P – 9 vs 28 Watt

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
core i7 1280p +21%
1664
core i5 1230u
1320
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
core i7 1280p +62%
11558
core i5 1230u
4434
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
core i7 1280p +47%
20034
core i5 1230u
10616
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
core i7 1280p +37%
10805
core i5 1230u
6778

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i7 1280p and core i5 1230u

General

Intel Core i7 1280P Intel Core i5 1230U
Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4 2022 January 4 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-U
Socket FCBGA1744 FCBGA1781
Integrated GPU Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible

Performance

Intel Core i7 1280P Intel Core i5 1230U
Cores 14 10
Threads 20 12
Base Frequency 1.8 GHz 1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.8 GHz 4.4 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24 MB (shared) 12 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i7 1280P Intel Core i5 1230U
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 28 W 9 W
Max. temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory support

Intel Core i7 1280P Intel Core i5 1230U
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i7 1280P Intel Core i5 1230U
Integrated Graphics Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.45 MHz 850 MHz
Shading Units 768 640
TMUs 48 40
ROPs 24 20
Execution Units 96 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
core i7 1280p
1.69 TFLOPS
core i5 1230u
1.41 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i7 1280P Intel Core i5 1230U
Official site Intel Core i7 1280P official page Intel Core i5 1230U official page
PCI Express Version 4 4
PCI Express Lanes 20 14

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 1230U or Intel Core i7 1280P?