CPULaptopReleased Feb 23, 2022

Intel Core i5-1230U Processor

10C/12T · 4.4 GHz · 9 W

The Intel Core i5-1230U is a 9 W Alder Lake U-series processor for thin, fanless and ultra-light laptops and tablets. It has two performance-cores and eight efficient-cores with Iris Xe graphics (80 EU) and supports only soldered LPDDR5 and LPDDR4x memory, in a compact package smaller than that of the 15 W U-series chips.

General

Manufacturer
Intel
Model
Intel Core i5-1230U Processor
Segment
Laptop
Generation
12th Gen Core
Codename
Alder Lake
Architecture
x86_64
Microarchitecture
Alder Lake
Release date
Feb 23, 2022
Price
$309Search on Amazon

Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
10 cores / 12 threadsP2+E8
Base clock
1.00 GHz
Boost clock
4.40 GHz
TDP (design W)
9 W
Max: 29 W
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
—
L3 cache
12 MB
Technology (nm)
Intel 7

Platform

Socket
FCBGA1781
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
Intel Iris Xe Graphics eligible
Clock: 850 MHz
Memory type
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
2-channel
Memory size
Up to 64 GB
ECC memory
✕ No
PCIe
PCIe 4.0 (CPU) / 3.0 (chipset), 14 lanes

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions
Intel SSE4.1Intel SSE4.2Intel AVX2
NPU
None

OS support

Windows
Windows 10Windows 11 24H2Windows 11 25H2
ChromeOS
ChromeOS
Linux
UbuntuFedoraArch Linux
Notes
Covered by the Microsoft supported-processor lists for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2 under 12th Generation Intel Core processors; the 26H2 processor list has not been published. Windows 10 and the mainstream Linux distributions are supported, and ChromeOS Flex installs on generic x86-64 hardware. macOS is not supported.

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