AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5-1240P

Compare AMD 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

4161 points
4218 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points
3% slightly better gaming score
6354 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points
3645 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points
3553 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3860 points
4569 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points
110.04 points
28% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

6
16
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

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

32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089
417th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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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

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DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core i5-1240P benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 3500X is faster than the Core i5-1240P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1240P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 3500X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1240P 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1240P.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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