Intel Core i5-1240P vs AMD Ryzen 3 5425U

Core i5-1240P vs Ryzen 3 5425U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1240P performs better than the Ryzen 3 5425U. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 5425U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 3 5425U. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 3 5425U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5425U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5425U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 3 5425U outputs less heat than Core i5-1240P thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 5425U. The Core i5-1240P 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 i5-1240P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.