Intel Core i5-10500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD 4 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

4526 points
12% slightly better overall score
4006 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6446 points
3% slightly better gaming score
6204 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3934 points
18% slightly better multitasking score
3328 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3805 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score
3195 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

124.71 points
56% significantly higher Blender score
79.73 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
49% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
3.20 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
Identical
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

387th of 1,089
435th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-10500 vs Ryzen 5 7235HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-10500 is faster than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7235HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-10500 has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7235HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7235HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-10500. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 7235HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10500. Despite this, the Core i5-10500 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 7235HS.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-10500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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