Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Core i5-1235U vs Ryzen 5 7640HS specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-1235U is faster than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640HS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7640HS has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1235U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7640HS CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 7640HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-1235U. The Ryzen 5 7640HS also has slightly 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.