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Intel Core i5-1240P
Intel's mid-range 28W Alder Lake-P chip from early 2022, with 4 Golden Cove P-cores and 8 Gracemont E-cores for 12 cores and 16 threads. A capable all-rounder for everyday work and light multitasking, though content creation and gaming are better served by 45W H-series chips.
Pros
- 12 cores/16 threads at just 28W base power
- 80-EU Iris Xe iGPU covers everyday use and light gaming
- Supports DDR5/LPDDR5 as well as older DDR4/LPDDR4x
- Thread Director intelligently schedules work across P- and E-cores
Cons
- Multi-core throughput trails 45W H-series chips
- Slightly lower iGPU clock than the i5-1250P in the same family
- vPro limited to the 'Essentials' tier only
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core i5-1240P
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 28 W
- Max TDP
- 64 W
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 12
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 8
- Threads
- 16
- Base clock
- 1.7 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.4 GHz
- L3 cache
- 12 MB
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Intel Iris Xe (80 EU)
- iGPU clock
- 1,300 MHz
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR5-5200 / DDR5-4800 / LPDDR4x-4267 / DDR4-3200
- Max memory
- 64 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,209Bottom 31%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 10,364Bottom 42%
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,475Bottom 29%
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 8,274Bottom 26%
- PassMark
- 15,707Bottom 33%
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core i5-1240P good in 2026?
The Intel Core i5-1240P earns an Inno Score of 48/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Intel's mid-range 28W Alder Lake-P chip from early 2022, with 4 Golden Cove P-cores and 8 Gracemont E-cores for 12 cores and 16 threads. A capable all-rounder for everyday work and light multitasking, though content creation and gaming are better served by 45W H-series chips.
Does the Intel Core i5-1240P count as "Core i7 or equivalent"?
Its PassMark CPU Mark average is 15,707 (cpubenchmark.net, retrieved Sep 26, 2026), which puts it in Tier B of our CPU tier checker: recent mainstream Core i7 / Ryzen 7, plus older H-series chips. Requirement pages word this differently, so check the exact wording with your department.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core i5-1240P?
Cores: 12 · Threads: 16 · Boost clock: 4.4 GHz · Base TDP: 28 W
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core i5-1240P?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS, Intel Core i5-12500H, AMD Ryzen 5 7530U — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
