i5-1240U vs Celeron 6205

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated934
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Tiger LakeIntel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiencyno data83.80
Architecture codenameTiger Lake U (2020)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2/2 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache160 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache2.5 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketBGA1499FCBGA1781
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
SIPP-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUsIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data900 MHz
Execution Unitsno data80

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-1240U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data14

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2020 23 February 2022
Physical cores 2 10
Threads 2 12
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 9 Watt

i5-1240U has an age advantage of 1 year, 400% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

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