AMD Ryzen 5 3500 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

4057 points

4218 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6490 points

2% slightly better gaming score

6354 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3294 points

3645 points

10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3162 points

3553 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4797 points

4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

4569 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.14 points

110.04 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

166% significantly 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

4.1 GHz

4.4 GHz

7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

960 KiB

150% 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

430th 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

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 3500 vs Core i5-1240P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3500 performs better than the Core i5-1240P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1240P in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 3500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1240P. The Core i5-1240P outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3500 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 3500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1240P.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.