Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Core i5-1235U vs Ryzen 5 7520U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1235U beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7520U 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 7520U. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7520U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7520U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7520U. 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.