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

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

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7640U 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7640U has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1235U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7640U 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 7640U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-1235U. The Ryzen 5 7640U 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.