i5-1240P vs Pentium G5500

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated729
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiencyno data36.04
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Alder Lake-P (2022)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threadsno data16
Base clock speedno data1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache6144 KB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data217 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P 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 configuration11
Socket1151FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)51 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P. 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)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX++
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P. 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 cardno dataIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data80

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P 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 Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 12
Power consumption (TDP) 51 Watt 28 Watt

i5-1240P has 500% more physical cores, and 82.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium G5500 and Core i5-1240P. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium G5500 is a desktop processor while Core i5-1240P is a notebook one.


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