AMD Ryzen 5 5560U vs Intel Core i5-1245U

Ryzen 5 5560U vs Core i5-1245U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5560U performs better than the Core i5-1245U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1245U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-1245U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5560U has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5560U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1245U. Despite this, the Core i5-1245U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-1245U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5560U. The Core i5-1245U also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 5560U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.