Intel Core i5-1240P vs AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 4 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

4218 points
5% slightly better overall score
4006 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6354 points
2% slightly better gaming score
6204 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3645 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
3328 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3553 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
3195 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

110.04 points
38% slightly higher Blender score
79.73 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
200% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
100% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
3.20 GHz
88% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.2 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
60% significantly lower TDP
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

417th of 1,089
435th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7000 Series

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

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 i5-1240P vs Ryzen 5 7235HS benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7235HS beats the Core i5-1240P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1240P in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7235HS that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7235HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1240P. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1240P CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7235HS 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 Core i5-1240P has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. The Core i5-1240P also has significantly 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 i5-1240P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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