Intel Core i7-1250U Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i7-1250U has 10 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 12. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1744 socket and was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i7-1250U scores 1,596 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 6,874 points.
| Name: | Intel Core i7-1250U |
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| Family: | Intel Core i7 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 1200P/1200U |
| Architecture: | Alder Lake U |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 12 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Core i7-1250U has 10 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-1250U is 1.10 GHz (4.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 10 / 12 |
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| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 2x Golden Cove |
| B-Core: | 8x Gracemont |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 1.10 GHz (4.70 GHz) |
| B-Core Frequency: | 0.80 GHz (3.50 GHz) |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i7-1250U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-1250U uses the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake), which has 768 texture shaders and 96 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) |
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| GPU frequency: | 0.25 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 0.90 GHz |
| Compute units: | 96 |
| Shader: | 768 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 32 GB |
| Max. displays: | 4 |
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| Generation: | 13 |
| Direct X: | 12.1 |
| Technology: | 10 nm |
| Release date: | Q1/2022 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
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| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | Decode |
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| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| LPDDR5-5200 LPDDR4X-4266 DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200 | 83.2 GB/s 68.2 GB/s 76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | 64 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 4.0 x 28 |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | 55.1 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 9 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 9 W |
| TDP (PL2): | 29 W |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | 100 °C |
Technical details
The Intel Core i7-1250U is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 18.50 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 10 nm |
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| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | BGA 1744 |
| L2-Cache: | 6.50 MB |
| L3-Cache: | 12.00 MB |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| Release date: | Q1/2022 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
10C 12T @ 1.10 GHz (4.70 GHz)
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-1250U have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-13100F
4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13500HX
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12490F
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10500H
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 2.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
6C 12T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10600K
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10600KF
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-13100F
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-13100
4C 8T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.|
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AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945
12C 24T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12100E
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-12300T
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 4.70 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.|
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Apple A16 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.46 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E-2276M
6C 12T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
10C 20T @ 3.00 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.|
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Intel Core i5-1130G7
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AMD Ryzen 3 7330U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 7330U
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Renoir) @ 1.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1250U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 0.90 GHz |
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores) @ 1.34 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 2100
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AMD Ryzen 5 4680U
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
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Intel Core i7-9700
8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-9700F
8C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1260U
10C 12T @ 2.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1250U
10C 12T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3500X
6C 6T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2650 v2
8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 2600
6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz |
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