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Intel Core i7-1250U vs Intel Core i5-10210U

Intel Core i7-1250U

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The Intel Core i7-1250U is a mobile CPU for thin and light laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 2  performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 12 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 1.1 to 4.7 GHz on the performance cluster and 0.8 to 3.5 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 12 MB L3 cache. Compared to the similar Core i7-1260U, the 1250U only offers "Essentials" vPro management features.

Performance

The average 1250U in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 5 5500U; the i5-1240U, the i7-1260U and the i7-1265U are found close nearby as well.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 23 W, the Envy x360 13-bf0013dx is among the fastest laptops built around the 1250U that we know of. It can be at least 30% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe architecture and offers all 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 0.95 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 9 W base power (TDP, PL1) and 29 W max. Turbo power (PL2) and the whole SoC is manufactured on a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

Intel Core i5-10210U

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The Intel Core i5-10210U is a power efficient quad-core SoC for notebooks based on the Comet Lake (CML-U) generation and was announced in August 2019. Compared to the similar Whiskey Lake processors (e.g. Core i5-8665U), the only difference is support for higher memory speeds (up to LPDDR4-2933 vs DDR4-2400) and two additional cores in the top model (not in this i5). The processor cores are clocked between 1.6 and 4.2 GHz (all 4 cores 3.9 GHz max). Thanks to Hyper-Threading 8 threads can be used. Compared to the faster i5-10510U, the level 3 cache was reduced from 8 to 6 MB. More information on Comet Lake and all the models and articles on it can be found here.

The integrated graphics adapter however is still the same as in the previous generations. It's still called Intel UHD Graphics 620 and clocked from 300 - 1100 MHz in the i5. Furthermore, the SoC integrates a VP9 and H.265 de- and encoder.

Performance

The average 10210U in our database is just as fast as the AMD Ryzen 5 2500U, the Intel Core i7-8565U and the Intel Core i5-1035G1 are, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. While the i5 is not a performance monster, it sails through basic day-to-day workloads with little effort.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term power limit of 30 W, the Frost Canyon NUC (NUC10i5FNK) is among the fastest systems powered by the 10210U that we know of. It can be more than twice as fast in CPU-bound workloads as the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Power consumption

This Core i5 series chip has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 15 W, a value that laptop makers are free to change to anything between 10 W and 25 W with clock speeds and performance changing accordingly as a result. By going for the lowest value, it is possible to build a passively cooled system around the i5. Please note that Comet Lake-U processors can briefly consume as much as 80 W or even 90 W when under heavy loads.

The Core i5-10210U is built with one of the old 14 nm Intel processes for very low, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i7-1250UIntel Core i5-10210U
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-MIntel Comet Lake
CodenameAlder Lake-UComet Lake-U
Series: Comet Lake Comet Lake-U
Intel Core i7-1265U compare1.3 - 4.8 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1255U compare1.2 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1245U compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1235U compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1250U « 0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240U compare0.8 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1230U compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1215U compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8505 compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1210U compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8500 compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7305 compare0.9 - 1.1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7300 compare0.7 - 1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10810U compare1.1 - 4.9 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10710U compare1.1 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10610U compare1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-10510U compare1.8 - 4.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10310U compare1.7 - 4.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i5-10210U « 1.6 - 4.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i3-10110U compare2.1 - 4.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Pentium Gold 6405U compare2.4 GHz2 / 4 cores2 MB L3
Intel Celeron 5205U compare1.9 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock800 - 4700 MHz1600 - 4200 MHz
L1 Cache928 KB256 KB
L2 Cache9.5 MB1 MB
L3 Cache12 MB6 MB
Cores / Threads10 / 124 / 8
TDP9 Watt15 Watt
Technology10 nm14 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1781BGA1528
FeaturesLPDDR4x-4266/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, vPro Ess., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHALPDDR3-2133/DDR4-2666/LPDDR4-2933 RAM, PCIe 3, 4 GT/s bus, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, MPX, EIST, TM1, TM2, Hyper-Threading, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SGX
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 950 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 620 (300 - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-1250U
35.9 pt (50%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-10210U
28.7 pt (40%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 7021     avg: 7275     median: 7069 (7%)     max: 7735 Points
min: 1794     avg: 3321     median: 3794 (4%)     max: 4376 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1561     avg: 1580     median: 1574 (67%)     max: 1606 Points
min: 797     avg: 974     median: 1062 (45%)     max: 1063 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 605     avg: 615     median: 618 (69%)     max: 621 Points
min: 322     avg: 406.8     median: 415 (46%)     max: 428 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 2745     avg: 2831     median: 2778 (7%)     max: 2970 Points
min: 722     avg: 1279     median: 1242 (3%)     max: 1820 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1085     avg: 1182     median: 1172.9 (7%)     max: 1297 Points
min: 320     avg: 609     median: 616 (4%)     max: 790 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 218     avg: 223.3     median: 226 (68%)     max: 226 Points
min: 134     avg: 165.6     median: 166 (50%)     max: 174 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 5.69     avg: 7.3     median: 7.5 (10%)     max: 8.66 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 1.71     avg: 1.9     median: 1.9 (47%)     max: 1.91 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 6410     avg: 6478     median: 6412 (39%)     max: 6613 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 15037     avg: 17758     median: 16072 (12%)     max: 22164 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
217.8 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
6.8 s (1%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 1024m *
398 s (2%)
wPrime 1.55 - wPrime 1.55 32m *
11.3 s (6%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4213 Points (7%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 27072     avg: 29944     median: 30826 (18%)     max: 31934 MIPS
min: 10920     avg: 16808     median: 16742 (10%)     max: 21679 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4755     avg: 4867     median: 4805 (57%)     max: 5041 MIPS
min: 3504     avg: 4205     median: 4261 (51%)     max: 4467 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 33.41     avg: 42.2     median: 43.9 (15%)     max: 49.35 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 149.1     avg: 167.7     median: 169.5 (39%)     max: 184.5 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 7.84     avg: 8.3     median: 8.1 (14%)     max: 8.97 fps
min: 2.36     avg: 4.3     median: 4.3 (8%)     max: 6.28 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.48     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (0%)     max: 0.491 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.79     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (14%)     max: 0.802 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 4.6     avg: 4.7     median: 4.7 (12%)     max: 4.7 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 747     avg: 894     median: 933 (12%)     max: 1001 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 411     avg: 488.3     median: 498 (4%)     max: 556 Seconds
min: 585     avg: 859     median: 829 (6%)     max: 1339 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.504     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.538 sec
min: 0.658     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (15%)     max: 0.901 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 6167     avg: 6403     median: 6363 (14%)     max: 6680 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 8.913     avg: 9     median: 9 (2%)     max: 9.008 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 20.35     avg: 20.6     median: 20.6 (1%)     max: 20.86 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 509     avg: 517     median: 516.5 (2%)     max: 524 s
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 12353     avg: 12691     median: 12473 (34%)     max: 13247 Points
min: 3843     avg: 6632     median: 6720 (18%)     max: 9364 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 40123     avg: 48009     median: 49630 (40%)     max: 54173 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 47281     avg: 55148     median: 56586 (48%)     max: 60555 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 6700     avg: 8941     median: 9623 (24%)     max: 10500 Points
min: 4495     avg: 6154     median: 5973.5 (15%)     max: 8574 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 11876     avg: 14898     median: 16399 (29%)     max: 16418 Points
min: 381     avg: 8610     median: 8567 (15%)     max: 11875 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 4743     avg: 5610     median: 5756 (24%)     max: 6331 Points
min: 1983     avg: 2749     median: 2734.5 (12%)     max: 3997 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 6943     avg: 7132     median: 7131.5 (84%)     max: 7320 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
6885 Points (79%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
2298 Points (62%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
7943 Points (31%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1584     avg: 1635     median: 1650 (70%)     max: 1670 Points
min: 949     avg: 1071     median: 1079 (46%)     max: 1133 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6753     avg: 6931     median: 6947 (12%)     max: 7092 Points
min: 2079     avg: 3570     median: 3689 (7%)     max: 4256 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1547 Points (7%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
7072 Points (22%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
4892 Points (67%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
15199 Points (37%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
min: 11855     avg: 12114     median: 12114 (21%)     max: 12373 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 3429     avg: 3457     median: 3457 (68%)     max: 3485 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Multi-Core
15805 Points (25%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 64 Bit Single-Core
4278 Points (64%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 572     avg: 579     median: 577 (1%)     max: 587 ms
min: 886     avg: 1014     median: 966 (1%)     max: 1267 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 239.4     avg: 245.5     median: 245.5 (3%)     max: 251.5 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
81256 Points (71%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 228     avg: 229.3     median: 229 (66%)     max: 231 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 265     avg: 267.3     median: 267 (56%)     max: 270 Points
min: 169     avg: 190.8     median: 191 (40%)     max: 203 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
4130 Points (1%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
min: 8069     avg: 8091     median: 8090.5 (43%)     max: 8112 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
min: 26840     avg: 32009     median: 32009 (68%)     max: 37178 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 12155     avg: 12335     median: 12334.5 (81%)     max: 12514 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 17751     avg: 18155     median: 18155 (91%)     max: 18559 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1338     avg: 1386     median: 1361 (52%)     max: 1460 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 31.8     avg: 36.9     median: 38.2 (7%)     max: 40.7 Watt
min: 17.1     avg: 30.6     median: 27.9 (5%)     max: 58.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 39.7     avg: 43.8     median: 43.4 (8%)     max: 48.2 Watt
min: 17.7     avg: 27.3     median: 28.1 (5%)     max: 37.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 5.82     avg: 6.8     median: 6.9 (5%)     max: 7.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 6.27     avg: 7     median: 7 (8%)     max: 7.71 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 22.5     avg: 27.7     median: 29.9 (22%)     max: 30.8 Points per Watt
min: 15.8     avg: 20.8     median: 17.3 (13%)     max: 35.8 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-1250U → 100% n=22

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-10210U → 64% n=22

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