Intel Core i7-1255U vs AMD Ryzen 3 5425U

Core i7-1255U vs Ryzen 3 5425U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 3 5425U performs better than the Core i7-1255U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1255U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-1255U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 5425U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 5425U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 3 5425U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1255U. Despite this, the Core i7-1255U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i7-1255U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 3 5425U. The Core i7-1255U also has significantly 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 i7-1255U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.