Intel Core Ultra 5 235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 240
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235U with 12-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.
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 Ultra 5 235U
- Has 6 more physical cores
- More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
- More than 10° C higher critical temperature
- Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 240
- Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- More powerful Radeon 760M integrated graphics: 2.7 vs 2.1 TFLOPS
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 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 | 974.6 MB/sec | 1010 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 78.4 Klines/sec | 75.8 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 270 pages/sec | 233.9 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 281.3 Mpixels/sec | 269.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 258.2 pages/sec | 256.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 47.6 images/sec | 53.5 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 95.2 images/sec | 95.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 15.4 Mpixels/sec | 16.2 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 63.3 GOps/sec | 73.3 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 44.7 GOps/sec | 45.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 60M Primes/sec | 70M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 20.8M Strings/sec | 32.4M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 12.1 GBytes/sec | 15.9 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 192.4 MBytes/sec | 268 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1063 Frames/sec | 1057 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 10.7B Matrices/sec | 20.2B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 35.4 PPW | 11.3 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 704.7 PPW | 190.6 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 1158.4 PPW | 419.7 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 7.81 PPW | 3.12 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
No benchmark results yet
AMD Ryzen 5 240
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-10-27 -> luismi1245 | Cinebench 2024 | 103 / 611 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235U and AMD Ryzen 5 240General
| 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 | 235U | 240 |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Radeon 760M |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 | - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U |
Intel CPU rating (#130th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#89th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.0 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.9 GHz | 5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 10 | - |
| E-Threads | 10 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.6 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.1 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 12 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 14 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 20x | 43x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | 1MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 16MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 12-15 W (configurable) | 35-54 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 57 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | FP8 |
| Peak Temperature | 110°C | 100°C |
Laptop processors ranking (167th and 147th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics (4-Cores) | Radeon 760M |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 800 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2050 MHz | 2600 MHz |
| Shading Units | 512 | 512 |
| TMUs | 32 | 32 |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| Execution Units | 64 | 8 |
| TGP | 14 W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
More info: Radeon 760M compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)
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 | 102.4 GB/s | 89.6 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 5 235U official page | AMD Ryzen 5 240 official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 20 |
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