Intel Core 5 320 vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 435

54 out of 100
Intel Core 5 320
VS
56 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 5 435

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 1.5 GHz Intel Core 5 320 against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 5 435. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 435 and 320
Advantages of Intel Core 5 320
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 5 435
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Around 29.9 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
624
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 113 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 566 -

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8069
9980
File compression - 900 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 61.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 211.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 281.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 287.4 pages/sec
Background blur - 50.8 images/sec
Photo processing - 94.9 images/sec
Ray tracing - 15.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3951
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
15109
18784
Integer math 31.7 GOps/sec 60 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.8 GOps/sec 40.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 110M Primes/sec 57M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 17.6M Strings/sec 24.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.8 GBytes/sec 11 GBytes/sec
Data compression 144.7 MBytes/sec 225.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1200 Frames/sec 1042 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 16.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 71 & 21 samples

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.7 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 537.9 PPW 184.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1007.3 PPW 347.9 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 320 and AMD Ryzen AI 5 435

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released April 16, 2026 January 5, 2026
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Wildcat Lake Zen 5 (Gorgon Point)
Model number 320 435
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) Radeon 840M
Intel CPU rating (#117th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#84th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 3
P-Threads 2 6
Base Frequency (P) 1.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 3
E-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.4 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 6 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 15x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 10-15 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 35 W -
Socket FCBGA1516 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (154th and 136th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) Radeon 840M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 4 4
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.3 TFLOPS
1.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 59.7 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 320 official page AMD Ryzen AI 5 435 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 6 14

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