Intel Core i5-1245U vs AMD Ryzen 7 9700X

Core i5-1245U vs Ryzen 7 9700X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 9700X is faster than the Core i5-1245U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1245U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1245U has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 9700X has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 9700X has more threads than the Core i5-1245U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 9700X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1245U. Also, the Ryzen 7 9700X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1245U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9700X 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 Ryzen 7 9700X has more L2 cache than the Core i5-1245U. The Ryzen 7 9700X 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 i5-1245U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.