Intel Core i5 1035G1 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.0 GHz Intel Core i5 1035G1 with 4-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6-cores. 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
NanoReview Final Score
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500U and 1035G1
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1035G1
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 7 integrated graphics: 1.6 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer - released 1 year and 5 months later
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4 GHz vs 3.6 GHz)

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)

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)
6005
File compression 246.9 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 17.3 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 97.4 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 124.7 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 148.9 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 21.9 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 41.2 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.64 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1124 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
2390
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
12609
Integer math 26.3 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 15.3 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 19M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 9.7M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4.1 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 79.7 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 421 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 5.5B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4787 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 15.5 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 237 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 476.1 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.37 PPW 3.68 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 1035G1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-18 (duckng)Geekbench 6 CPU1530 / 4445
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-22 (bingus)Geekbench 6 CPU1495 / 3495
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-15 (Adam)Geekbench 6 CPU746 / 2604
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-11 (Akhil)Cinebench 202468 / 404
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU ❀️)Geekbench 6 CPU1515 / 6409
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-04 (Micro_review)Geekbench 6 CPU1526 / 6005
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed)Cinebench 202469 / 315
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-30 (Wildan)Cinebench 202468 / 367

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1035G1 and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released August 1, 2019 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Ice Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i5-1035G1 -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics G1 Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.0 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 6
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 10x 21x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 15 W 10-25 W (configurable)
Socket BGA-1526 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics G1 Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1050 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 256 448
TMUs 16 28
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 32 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.5 TFLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-3733
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1035G1 official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes - 12

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