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Intel Core i5 1240P vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

45 out of 100
Intel Core i5 1240P
VS
44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
Intel Core i5 1240P
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5 1240P with 12-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7530U 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 7530U and 1240P
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1240P
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2201 vs 1934 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer - released 11 months later
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 1240P
vs
Ryzen 5 7530U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 1240P +14%
2201
Ryzen 5 7530U
1934
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1240P +26%
8643
Ryzen 5 7530U
6856
File compression 629 MB/sec 595.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61.4 Klines/sec 55.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 212.7 pages/sec 106.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 278.2 Mpixels/sec 190.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 196.2 pages/sec 208.1 pages/sec
Background blur 39 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
Photo processing 76.8 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.8 Mpixels/sec 14.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 536 & 1157 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 1240P +5%
15763
Ryzen 5 7530U
14949
Integer math 60.9 GOps/sec 55.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.8 GOps/sec 30.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 44M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.7M Strings/sec 18.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.9 GBytes/sec 11.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 183.4 MBytes/sec 179.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 859 Frames/sec 647 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.6B Matrices/sec 11.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2088 & 2030 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 1240P +2%
110.19
Ryzen 5 7530U
107.58

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17.1 PPW 30.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 308.7 PPW 457.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 563 PPW 996.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.94 PPW 7.17 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 1240P
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-19 (Aki)GeekBench2214 / 9632
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-19 (Aki)Cinebench 202498 / 523
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-16 (tg)Cinebench 202480 / 480
πŸ“˜ 2025-02-15 (Piyush)Cinebench 202465 / 88
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AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 1240P and AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released February 23, 2022 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-1240P -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 5500U -
Successor - Intel Core i5 1340P -
Intel CPU rating (#186th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#142nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.7 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.2 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 17x 20x
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

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 64 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 640 448
TMUs 40 28
ROPs 20 8
Execution Units 80 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 1240P
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7530U +6%
1.8 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
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 1240P official page AMD Ryzen 5 7530U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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