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Intel Core i5 1235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

43 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1235U
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Intel Core i5 1235U
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 1235U with 10-cores against the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600U with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

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 5600U and 1235U
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1235U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2089 vs 1834 points
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1235U
vs
Ryzen 5 5600U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 400 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1046 -
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 1235U +14%
2089
Ryzen 5 5600U
1834
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 448.4 MB/sec 670.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 24.1 Klines/sec 45.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 156 pages/sec 123.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 128.9 Mpixels/sec 169.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.3 pages/sec 183.2 pages/sec
Background blur 34.7 images/sec 29.9 images/sec
Photo processing 54.1 images/sec 53.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 & 870 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1235U
12449
Ryzen 5 5600U +19%
14851
Integer math 47.4 GOps/sec 55 GOps/sec
Floating point math 37.4 GOps/sec 29.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 534M Primes/sec 46M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 16.6M Strings/sec 18.6M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9 GBytes/sec 11.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 143.4 MBytes/sec 175.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 649 Frames/sec 687 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.9B Matrices/sec 11.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8323 & 1176 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 1235U
80.33
Ryzen 5 5600U +30%
104.05

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.5 PPW 19 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 424.1 PPW 254.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 829.9 PPW 594 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.36 PPW 4.16 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 1235U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (zoetje)Cinebench 2026400 / 1046
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-09 (Jubayer)Cinebench 202486 / 393
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (TASIN AMIR)GeekBench2191 / 7204
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-08 -> samueltailsGeekBench2147 / 6050
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-13 (sauron269)Cinebench 202498 / 368
Add View all (5)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-23 (Muafa Rizal Rauf)Cinebench 202477 / 476
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1235U and AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-1235U -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1145G7
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U
Intel CPU rating (#198th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#150th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.3 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 13x 23x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°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 8
Execution Units 80 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1235U
1.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600U +7%
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - 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 1235U official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 12

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