Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Core i5-1235U vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-1235U that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1235U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1235U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-1235U. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 also has significantly 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.