Intel Core i5-1245U vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Go

Core i5-1245U vs Ryzen Z2 Go comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1245U beats the Ryzen Z2 Go in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen Z2 Go has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1245U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen Z2 Go that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z2 Go. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Z2 Go has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1245U. Despite this, the Core i5-1245U has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1245U CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen Z2 Go 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 Core i5-1245U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Z2 Go. The Core i5-1245U 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.