Intel Core i5-1240P vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

Core i5-1240P vs Ryzen 5 7530U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7530U beats the Core i5-1240P in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 7530U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7530U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7530U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. In terms of cache, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7530U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7530U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1240P.

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.