Intel Core i5 1235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 1235U with 10-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
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 electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1235U
- Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
- Newer - released 1-year and 2-months later
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Has 4096 KB larger L3 cache size
- 42% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1578 vs 1108 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
- More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | February 23, 2022 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 2 (Lucienne) |
| Model number | i5-1235U | - |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.4 GHz | 4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.9 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 13x | 21x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | FP6 |
| TDP | 12-15 W (configurable) | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP | 55 W | - |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 105°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1200 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Shading Units | 640 | 448 |
| TMUs | 40 | 28 |
| ROPs | 20 | 7 |
| Execution Units | 80 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | 10-45 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 | DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 32 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i5 1235U official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 12 |
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