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

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile 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

3937 points
4837 points
22% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5856 points
6909 points
17% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3389 points
4216 points
24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3267 points
4083 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.73 points
103.14 points
39% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

9208 points
20% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
7667 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5632 points
6293 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1824 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1663 points

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
2.30 GHz
77% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

800 KiB
108% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
3 MiB
20% 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

458th of 1,118
378th of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2021 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

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 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. 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 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.

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