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Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Smart Wizard
Get a complete build plan based on budget and goals.
Build Comparison
Compare complete builds side by side.
Part Comparison
Check specs, price, and value across parts.
Bottleneck Calculator
Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
Power Calculator
Estimate wattage and PSU headroom.
Will It Run?
Test your hardware against popular games.
Intel
Detailed architecture, platform, memory, and feature data for this CPU.
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About This Product
The Intel Core i5-1235U is a 10-core (2 P-cores, 8 E-cores), 12-thread mobile processor from the Alder Lake-U series, designed for thin and light laptops. Its 1.3 GHz base clock and 4.4 GHz boost clock on P-cores provide adequate performance for everyday productivity and light multitasking. This CPU is suitable for users prioritizing battery life and portability over demanding computational tasks or high-end gaming, competing with other low-power mobile CPUs in its segment.
Verdict
“Ideal for users needing a power-efficient CPU for basic mobile computing.”
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Cross-Platform
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
523.5 pts/W
Gaming Performance
These results come from real submitted gameplay sessions, so the reference GPU matters as much as the CPU itself.
Reference GPU
Roblox
Mixed player settings
37 FPS
Playable
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