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Intel Core Ultra 5 235H vs AMD Ryzen 5 240

65 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
VS
55 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 240
Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
AMD Ryzen 5 240

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235H with 14-cores against the 4.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 240 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 240 and 235H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.6 vs 2.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2706 vs 2263 points
  • More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 240
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 235H
vs
Ryzen 5 240

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#160th place)
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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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 235H +32%
13629
Ryzen 5 240
10290
File compression 1020 MB/sec 1010 MB/sec
Clang compilation 117.3 Klines/sec 75.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 289.6 pages/sec 233.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 334.9 Mpixels/sec 269.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 283.4 pages/sec 256.7 pages/sec
Background blur 66.1 images/sec 53.5 images/sec
Photo processing 115.1 images/sec 95.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.2 Mpixels/sec 16.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 235H +33%
30151
Ryzen 5 240
22665
Integer math 74.3 GOps/sec 73.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 93.6 GOps/sec 45.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 240M Primes/sec 70M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 36.3M Strings/sec 32.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.2 GBytes/sec 15.9 GBytes/sec
Data compression 302.9 MBytes/sec 268 MBytes/sec
Physics 1985 Frames/sec 1057 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 23.4B Matrices/sec 20.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 192 & 136 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 235H +14%
191.49
Ryzen 5 240
168.47

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35 PPW 11.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 486.8 PPW 190.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1076.8 PPW 419.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.84 PPW 3.12 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 Ultra 5 235H
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-08-13 (TheShifty6)Cinebench 2024122 / 979
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AMD Ryzen 5 240
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-27 -> luismi1245Cinebench 2024103 / 611
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235H and AMD Ryzen 5 240

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 235H 240
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 760M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 240 - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
Intel CPU rating (#63rd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#89th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 4.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 14 6
Total Threads 14 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 43x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 20-28 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110ยฐC 100ยฐC
Laptop processors ranking (73rd and 147th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 760M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2250 MHz 2600 MHz
Shading Units 1024 512
TMUs 64 32
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 8 8
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 235H +70%
4.6 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 240
2.7 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 760M compared to Arc 140T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 235H official page AMD Ryzen 5 240 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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