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Is the Intel Core i5-1240U Good for Gaming?
This is relatively new CPU that contains 10 Cores and 12 Threads. The Intel Core i5-1240U also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]
Description: Intel Iris Xe Graphics eligible
Class: Laptop
Socket: FCBGA1744
Total Cores: 10 Cores, 12 Threads
Performance Cores: 2 Cores, 4 Threads, 1.7 GHz Base, 4.4 GHz Turbo
Efficient Cores: 8 Cores, 8 Threads, 1.2 GHz Base, 3.3 GHz Turbo
Typical TDP: 29 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 1 x 2048 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 64 GB (Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s)
Other names: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1240U
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2022
CPUmark/$Price: NA
Overall Rank:
1270th fastest in multithreading out of 5440 CPUs
646th fastest in single threading out of 5440 CPUs
296th fastest in out of 1513 Laptop CPUs
Last Price Change: NA
| Integer Math | 43,898 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 29,213 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 62 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 15,981 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 8,882 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 142,143 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 973 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 7,842 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 3,135 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 25,403 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,151 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 20,704 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 19,873 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 18,113 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 16,568 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 | |
| Intel Core i5-1240U | 13,242 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 10,621 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 9,420 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 55.59 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 50.31 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 30.49 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 11.06 | |
| Intel Core i5-1240U | NA | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,892 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,834 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700H | 3,518 | |
| Intel Core i5-1240U | 3,135 | |
| Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz | 3,033 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800H | 3,012 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600H | 2,897 | |
| Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz | 2,623 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 4800H | 2,592 | |
| Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz | 2,395 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2918259 - Sep 19 2025 | 16208 | |
| BL2918214 - Sep 19 2025 | 10259 | |
| BL2918190 - Sep 19 2025 | 11282 | |
| BL2785473 - Jul 23 2025 | 15204 | |
| BL2714860 - Jun 23 2025 | 16282 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-1240U | 13,242 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 15,652 (+18.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-1355U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 14,131 (+6.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-1335U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 14,115 (+6.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7530U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 15,394 (+16.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-1345U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 14,246 (+7.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-1365U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 13,927 (+5.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-1265U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 13,309 (+0.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-1255U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 13,162 (-0.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-1235U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 12,769 (-3.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-1250U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 11,318 (-14.5%) | |
| Intel Core i3-1315U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 11,289 (-14.7%) | |
| Intel Core i3-1215U vs Intel Core i5-1240U | 10,297 (-22.2%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | 9,874 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,614 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX | 9,113 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX | 9,066 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX | 8,012 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX | 8,006 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | 7,804 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX | 7,301 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900HX | 6,984 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max 390 | 6,756 | |
| Intel Core i9-13980HX | 6,722 | |
| AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390 | 6,704 | |
| Intel Core i5-1240U | 3,480 |
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