Intel Core i5 1240P vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 1240P with 12-cores against the 2.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 4500U 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
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 1240P
- Newer - released 2-years and 2-months later
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- 43% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1589 vs 1112 points
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
- 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)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | February 23, 2022 | January 6, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 2 (Renoir) |
| Model number | i5-1240P | - |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Radeon RX Vega 6 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 6 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.7 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.4 GHz | 4 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.2 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 6 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 17x | 23x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 32K (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 | 20-28 W (configurable) | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP | 64 W | - |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 105°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Radeon RX Vega 6 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1300 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 640 | 384 |
| TMUs | 40 | 24 |
| ROPs | 20 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 80 | - |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 | DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 68.27 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i5 1240P official page | AMD Ryzen 5 4500U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 16 |
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