AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Ryzen 7 5700U vs Core i5-1235U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5700U performs better than the Core i5-1235U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-1235U has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 5700U that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700U has more threads than the Core i5-1235U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U 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. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 7 5700U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-1235U. Despite this, the Core i5-1235U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 7 5700U.

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 7 5700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.