Intel Core i5-10500T vs Intel Core i5-1240P

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

3986 points
4218 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5707 points
6354 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3461 points
3645 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3351 points
3553 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.54 points
110.04 points
36% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.8 GHz
4.4 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28 W
25% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

437th of 1,089
417th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-10500T vs Core i5-1240P specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10500T is faster than the Core i5-1240P. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10500T. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10500T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1240P outputs less heat than Core i5-10500T thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-10500T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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