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Core i5-1235U

Average Bench: 60.5% (557th of 1425)

Based on 8,532 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000906A4 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1235U
Poor: 32%Average: 60.5% Great: 81%
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat

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Above average average bench

The Intel Core i5-1235U averaged 39.5% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 134Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 232Pts

Average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-1235U is 48.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-1235U performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 702Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 592Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 8,532 samples)
Rank 55760.5%
Min Avg Max
16.8 Memory 52.7 69.8
70.3 1-Core 134 168
110 2-Core 232 316
74.1% 139 Pts
Min Avg Max
168 4-Core 369 515
252 8-Core 592 888
58.9% 480 Pts
Min Avg Max
318 64-Core 702 1,087
43.4% 702 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 1.3 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg)
80.4% Excellent
Memory 70.2
1-Core 164
2-Core 277
92% 170 Pts
4-Core 489
8-Core 687
74% 588 Pts
64-Core 782
48% 782 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 1.3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
77.2% Very good
Memory 66.4
1-Core 163
2-Core 303
93% 177 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 722
74% 597 Pts
64-Core 854
53% 854 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 1.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
75.9% Very good
Memory 68.5
1-Core 162
2-Core 302
94% 178 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 522
65% 497 Pts
64-Core 618
38% 618 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 1.3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
56.7% Above average
Memory 58
1-Core 108
2-Core 212
68% 126 Pts
4-Core 298
8-Core 465
47% 382 Pts
64-Core 589
36% 589 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 1.3 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
53.9% Above average
Memory 40.8
1-Core 112
2-Core 248
67% 134 Pts
4-Core 358
8-Core 615
59% 487 Pts
64-Core 824
51% 824 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 1.3 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg)
51.5% Above average
Memory 57.5
1-Core 105
2-Core 161
61% 108 Pts
4-Core 246
8-Core 356
38% 301 Pts
64-Core 440
27% 440 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 66,025,880 CPUs tested.

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Typical Core i5-1235U Builds (Compare 880 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard

System: HP Laptop 15s-fq5xxx

CPU
Core i5-1235UIntelBench 60%, 8,532 samples509x
GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 13%, 18,007 samples633x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 10%, 2,559 samples168x
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples55x
SSD
KIOXIA 512GBKbg50znv512gBench 170%, 1,846 samples232x
hynix BC711 HFM512GD3JX013N 512GBSKBench 198%, 4,708 samples177x
PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 512GBWDCBench 156%, 9,997 samples70x
RAM
M471A5244CB0-CWE 2x4GBSamsungBench 72%, 26,749 samples226x
4ATF51264HZ-3G2R1 2x4GBMicronBench 62%, 1,337 samples126x
NT8GA64D88CX3S-JR 2x8GBNanyaBench 81%, 1,491 samples83x
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Good (edit your comment) Add link

5 months ago.

Fast enough for me just wish it was lighter and had a backlit keyboard. No gaming machine but good at most everything else especially on sale. Screen could get brighter as well.

DEU-User
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Excellent

11 months ago.

Powerful and efficient processor for laptops.

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