Intel Core i5-1240P vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4218 points
6306 points
49% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6354 points
8479 points
33% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3645 points
5619 points
54% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3553 points
5454 points
53% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i5-1240P and the Ryzen 5 7640HS? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

110.04 points
163.82 points
48% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

11494 points
13029 points
13% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
4.30 GHz
152% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
92% significantly lower TDP
54 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
6 MiB
20% slightly 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

417th of 1,089
235th 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
2023 April

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
-

Core i5-1240P vs Ryzen 5 7640HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1240P beats the Ryzen 5 7640HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7640HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1240P. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1240P CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7640HS CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7640HS has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-1240P. The Ryzen 5 7640HS 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 i5-1240P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons