AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5-1340P

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 13th 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

5931 points
7% slightly better overall score
5516 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7969 points
8436 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5267 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
4696 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5102 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
4558 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.88 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
116.46 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
89% significantly higher clock speed
1.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.6 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
9 MiB
200% 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

256th of 1,089
292nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
13th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 5500 vs Core i5-1340P specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1340P performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1340P has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500. Indeed, the Core i5-1340P has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1340P. Despite this, the Core i5-1340P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-1340P has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1340P.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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