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Intel Core i5 1235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

43 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1235U
VS
33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Intel Core i5 1235U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.3 GHz Intel Core i5 1235U with 10-cores against the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U with 4-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 7520U and 1235U
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1235U
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.5 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • 64% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2089 vs 1270 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 7 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1235U
vs
Ryzen 5 7520U

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 +64%
2089
Ryzen 5 7520U
1270
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1235U +51%
6362
Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
File compression 448.4 MB/sec 394.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 24.1 Klines/sec 27 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 156 pages/sec 91.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 128.9 Mpixels/sec 127.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 206.3 pages/sec 114.6 pages/sec
Background blur 34.7 images/sec 23 images/sec
Photo processing 54.1 images/sec 38.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 7.38 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 & 1108 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 1235U +28%
3051
Ryzen 5 7520U
2376
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1235U +39%
12449
Ryzen 5 7520U
8925
Integer math 47.4 GOps/sec 30.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 37.4 GOps/sec 14.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 534M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 16.6M Strings/sec 14.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 9 GBytes/sec 6.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 143.4 MBytes/sec 132 MBytes/sec
Physics 649 Frames/sec 432 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.9B Matrices/sec 6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 8323 & 1843 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 1235U +57%
80.33
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.5 PPW 18.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 424.1 PPW 281.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 829.9 PPW 595 PPW
Blender / Watt 5.36 PPW 3.41 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)Geekbench 6 CPU2191 / 7204
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-08 -> samueltailsGeekbench 6 CPU2147 / 6050
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-13 (sauron269)Cinebench 202498 / 368
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-13 (kot99)Geekbench 6 CPU1444 / 4688
Add View all (1)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1235U and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 September 22, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Mendocino)
Model number i5-1235U -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 610M
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 225U -
Intel CPU rating (#199th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#174th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.3 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.3 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 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 13x 28x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 640 128
TMUs 40 8
ROPs 20 4
Execution Units 80 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1235U +200%
1.5 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1235U official page AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 4

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Comments

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