Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Core i5-1235U vs Ryzen 5 5500GT comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5500GT performs better than the Core i5-1235U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 3 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1235U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-1235U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500GT 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 5500GT has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-1235U. The Ryzen 5 5500GT also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-1235U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.