AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Core i5-1235U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is faster than the Core i5-1235U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1235U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Indeed, the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has more threads than the Core i5-1235U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 Ryzen 7 5800X3D has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-1235U. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 7 5800X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.