Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 8 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

3900 points
8878 points
127% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5787 points
10890 points
88% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3361 points
8202 points
144% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3239 points
8008 points
147% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3379 points
7356 points
117% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

73.73 points
244.42 points
231% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

9208 points
17214 points
86% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5632 points
11003 points
95% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1824 points
2353 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.3 GHz
3.80 GHz
192% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
259% significantly lower TDP
54 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

800 KiB
56% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
8 MiB
220% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

442nd of 1,089
116th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5 (FP7r2)

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 7 7840HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7840HS 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 slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7840HS. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7840HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has more threads than the Core i5-1235U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Ryzen 7 7840HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1235U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 7840HS 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 7 7840HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-1235U. The Ryzen 7 7840HS also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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