Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Athlon Silver 3050U

Core i5-1235U vs Athlon Silver 3050U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1235U beats the Athlon Silver 3050U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon Silver 3050U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Athlon Silver 3050U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon Silver 3050U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon Silver 3050U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more L2 cache than the Athlon Silver 3050U. The Core i5-1235U also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.