12th Gen Intel Core i5 1240U | Review

Launched in January of 2022, 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1240U is a mid-range processor for laptops. Powered by 10 Cores and 12 threads  (2 P-Cores with 4 threads and 8 E-Cores with 8 threads). The performance cores have a base clock of 1.1 GHz and a boost clock of 4.4 GHz the efficiency cores, on the other hand, have a base clock of 0.8GHz and a boost clock of 3.3GHz based on the 10 nm architecture. The TDP of this Chip as specified by intel is 9 watts and can go up to 29 Watts. It also has support for new faster DDR5 memory of up to  4800MHz and low power LPDDR5 5200MHz while also supporting DDR4 memory of up to 3200MHz and low power LPDDR4X 4267MHz. Other Key Features Include Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EUs, USB 4 (40Gbps) support, and PCI-Express Gen 4.

How is the 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1240U in terms of performance (Good or Bad)

In terms of performance, the 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1240U when it comes to real-world performance is a lot better than its 11th generation Y series counterparts and it should be comparable to the 11th Gen Intel Core i5 1135G7 which has a base TDP of 28 watts with the biggest limiting factor here being the 9-watt TDP. The 12th Gen CPUs see an average IPC gain of 19 percent the higher IPC allows the Alder lake CPUs more performance at the same clock speed.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs

The 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1240U is powered by Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs based on Gen. 12 architecture based on a 10 nm manufacturing process and can be found in Intel’s i5 CPUs. Powered by 80 EUs (Execution Units) with a boost clock of 1300 MHz.

How is 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1240U for gaming

The performance of the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs Graphics depends on a number of factors such as the configured TDP, Clock Speed, Cooling Solution, and RAM configuration. The integrated GPU greatly benefits from fast dual-channel memory. The real performance of the Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs is similar to that of the Mx230 in terms of gaming. This means 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1240U should be able to play titles such as GTA 5 at 60 FPS at (1366×768).

RAM/Memory Support

The 12th Gen Intel Core i5 1240U supports both DDR5 and DDR4 memory types up to DDR5 4800, LPDDR5-5200, DDR4 3200, and LPDDR4x 4267.

Hardware virtualization

With hardware virtualization, support i5-1240U sees a decent improvement over its 11th gen counterpart this is great for people who want to run virtual machines with IOMMU virtualization PCI passthrough support, you can now directly use host hardware with guest virtual machines.

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