Intel Core i5 1240P vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 1240P with 12-cores against the 2.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 6600U 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 power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1240P
- Has 6 more physical cores
- 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2201 vs 1947 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
- More modern manufacturing process β 6 versus 10 nanometers
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 629 MB/sec | 837.1 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 61.4 Klines/sec | 52.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 212.7 pages/sec | 169.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 278.2 Mpixels/sec | 219.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 196.2 pages/sec | 198.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 39 images/sec | 33.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 76.8 images/sec | 73.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 13.8 Mpixels/sec | 12.9 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 60.9 GOps/sec | 60.4 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 41.8 GOps/sec | 33.5 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 44M Primes/sec | 51M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 20.7M Strings/sec | 21.2M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 10.9 GBytes/sec | 12.7 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 183.4 MBytes/sec | 200.3 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 859 Frames/sec | 821 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10.6B Matrices/sec | 13.3B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 17.1 PPW | 19 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 308.7 PPW | 257.6 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 563 PPW | 603 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 3.94 PPW | 4.32 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core i5 1240P
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-11-19 (Aki) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2214 / 9632 |
| π 2025-11-19 (Aki) | Cinebench 2024 | 98 / 523 |
| π 2025-11-16 (tg) | Cinebench 2024 | 80 / 480 |
| π 2025-02-15 (Piyush) | Cinebench 2024 | 65 / 88 |
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1240P and AMD Ryzen 5 6600UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | February 23, 2022 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) |
| Model number | i5-1240P | - |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Radeon 660M |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen 5 5500U | - Intel Core i7 1260P |
| Successor | - Intel Core i5 1340P | - AMD Ryzen 5 8640U |
Intel CPU rating (#187th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#139th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.7 GHz | 2.9 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.4 GHz | 4.5 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 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 17x | 29x |
| 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 | 6 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 20-28 W (configurable) | 15-28 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 64 W | - |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | FP7 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 95Β°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | AMD Radeon 660M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 400 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1300 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Shading Units | 640 | 384 |
| TMUs | 40 | 24 |
| ROPs | 20 | 16 |
| Execution Units | 80 | 6 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-5200 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
- DDR5-4800 - LPDDR5-6400 |
| Max. Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core i5 1240P official page | AMD Ryzen 5 6600U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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