AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U vs Intel Core i5-1240P

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U vs Core i5-1240P benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-1240P beats the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1240P has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1240P. Despite this, the Core i5-1240P has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-1240P CPU because of its 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 PRO 5650U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-1240P.

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 PRO 5650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.