Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5560U

Core i5-1235U vs Ryzen 5 5560U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 5560U beats the Core i5-1235U in overall performance. 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 5560U. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5560U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5560U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5560U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 5560U.

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.