AMD Ryzen 5 1600X vs Intel Core i5-1240P

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4307 points

2% slightly better overall score

4218 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5864 points

6354 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3810 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

3645 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3690 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

3553 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3469 points

4569 points

31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

104.40 points

110.04 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

111% significantly higher clock speed

1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4 GHz

4.4 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W

28 W

239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

960 KiB

66% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

5 MiB

66% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

409th of 1,089

417th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i5-1240P comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 1600X performs better than the Core i5-1240P. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 1600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. The Core i5-1240P outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 1600X thanks to a 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 i5-1240P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600X 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 Ryzen 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.