Intel Core i5-1235U vs Qualcomm Microsoft SQ1
            Intel Core i5-1235U
            
                $309
            
        
    
            Qualcomm Microsoft SQ1
            
                
            
        
    | 10 Cores 12 Threads 1.3GHz Clock | 8 Cores 8 Threads 3GHz Clock | 
| Socket BGA 1744 | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPUIris Xe 80EU 1200MHz 1.54 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPUAdreno 685 1.81 TFLOPS FP32 | 
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                                                GB6S 1,865
                                            
                                             46% | GB6S N/A 0% | 
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                                                GB6M 5,680
                                            
                                             21% | GB6M N/A 0% | 
| CB23S 1,640 63% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M 6,600 15% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerIntel | ManufacturerQualcomm | 
| ArchitectureAlder Lake | ArchitectureKryo 495 | 
| FamilyCore 12th Gen | FamilySQ Series | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | 
| Codename Alder Lake-U - Alder Lake-2P-8E P-Core Golden Cove - - E-Core Gracemont | Codename - - Microsoft SQ1 P-Core Cortex-A76 - - E-Core Cortex-A55 | 
| Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 2/23/2022 | Release Date 10/2/2019 | 
| Foundry Intel Intel (PCH Die) - - | Foundry TSMC - - - | 
| Node Intel 7 14nm (PCH Die) - - | Node N7 - - - | 
| Die Size 161 mm² 54 mm² (PCH Die) - - | Die Size Unknown - - - | 
| Transistor Count 11.9 Billion - - - | Transistor Count Unknown - - - | 
| BGA 1744 | Unknown | 
| 10 Cores 2 P-Cores - 8 E-Cores | 8 Cores 4 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 
| 12 Threads 4 P-Threads - 8 E-Threads | 8 Threads 4 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 
| P-Core 1.3GHz 4.4GHz Boost - | P-Core 3GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 900MHz 3.3GHz Boost | E-Core 1.8GHz - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Type OPI | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Transfer Rate 4GT/s | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Lanes 8 | - - | 
| Bandwidth 4GB/s | - - | 
| Bi-directional 8GB/s | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 32KB/P-Core 8-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 8-way set associative | L1 Instruction 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | 
| L1 Data 48KB/P-Core 12-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 8-way set associative | L1 Data 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | 
| L2 1280KB/Core 10-way set associative - - - - - - - - 2MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 512KB/P-Core 8-way set associative - - - - - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative - - | 
| L3 - 12MB Shared - 12-way set associative - - - - - | L3 - 2MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - - | - - - 3MB SLC Cache | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 8 | 
| Max Memory 64GB 64GB 64GB 32GB | Max Memory 16GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 16Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 2400MHz 1600MHz 2600MHz 2133MHz Transfer Rate 4800MT/s 3200MT/s 5200MT/s 4266MT/s | Clock 2133MHz Transfer Rate 4266MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 38.4GB/s 25.6GB/s 41.6GB/s 34.1GB/s Bandwidth 76.8GB/s 51.2GB/s 83.2GB/s 68.3GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 8.5GB/s Bandwidth 68.3GB/s | 
| TDP 15W - - 55W Peak | TDP Unknown - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| PCIe 4.0 x12 Lanes | No PCIe | 
| Iris Xe 80EU 1200MHz 640 Shaders 1200MHz 1.54 TFLOPS FP32 | Adreno 685 1536 Shaders 590MHz 1.81 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| GNA 3.0 | Hexagon 690 | 
| - - | - - | 
| -  | 7 TOPS  | 
| - - | ISP Spectra 390 (192 MP single camera /
22 MP at 30fps dual camera with MFNR/ZSL) | 
| No Cellular | Modem Qualcomm X24 4G | 
| Speed Up to 2000Mbps Download Up to 316Mbps Upload | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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