Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 240

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 6 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

3936 points
0.97% slightly better overall score
3898 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5861 points
19% slightly better gaming score
4888 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3387 points
3569 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3265 points
3461 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.73 points
181.21 points
145% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
66% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.3 GHz
4.30 GHz
230% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
200% significantly lower TDP
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
6 MiB
139% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

458th of 1,121
463rd of 1,121

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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 i5-1235U vs Ryzen 5 240 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1235U beats the Ryzen 5 240 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 240 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 Ryzen 5 240 that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 240 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Ryzen 5 240 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1235U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 240 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 240 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-1235U. The Ryzen 5 240 also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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