AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-1235U

Price

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$ 130.00

$ 557.07 significantly less expensive

$ 687.07

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points

6% slightly better overall score

3900 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

13% slightly better gaming score

5787 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

0.86% slightly better multitasking score

3361 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

0.40% slightly better heavy workload score

3239 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points

14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

3379 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

73.73 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5905 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

5801 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1536 points

1884 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

5632 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

1824 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

176% significantly higher clock speed

1.3 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

15 W

333% significantly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

800 KiB

108% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

20% slightly more L2 cache

2.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

442nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i5-1235U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500X is faster than the Core i5-1235U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1235U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3500X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3500X 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 Ryzen 5 3500X has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-1235U. The Ryzen 5 3500X also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.