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Intel Core Ultra 5 235U vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

53 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
VS
58 out of 100
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 235U with 12-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 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 340 and 235U
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2.1 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • 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
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 5 340
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-8000 RAM
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2816 vs 2442 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 235U
vs
Ryzen AI 5 340

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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 974.6 MB/sec 1003.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 78.4 Klines/sec 59.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270 pages/sec 223 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 281.3 Mpixels/sec 279.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 258.2 pages/sec 310.4 pages/sec
Background blur 47.6 images/sec 54.7 images/sec
Photo processing 95.2 images/sec 98.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.4 Mpixels/sec 16.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 63.3 GOps/sec 63.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 44.7 GOps/sec 40 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 72M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.8M Strings/sec 25M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.1 GBytes/sec 11.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 192.4 MBytes/sec 230.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1063 Frames/sec 1097 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 10.7B Matrices/sec 16.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 999 & 355 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 5 235U
117.21
Ryzen AI 5 340 +25%
146.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 35.4 PPW 12.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 704.7 PPW 196.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1158.4 PPW 361.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.81 PPW 2.71 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
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 235U and AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Krackan Point)
Model number 235U 340
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 840M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 5 340 - Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 5 440
Intel CPU rating (#130th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#73rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 3
P-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 3
E-Threads 10 6
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.1 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 14 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 20x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (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) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 57 W 54 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (167th and 117th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 840M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 512 256
TMUs 32 16
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 4
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 235U +40%
2.1 TFLOPS
Ryzen AI 5 340
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 840M compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5X-8000
- 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 AI 5 340 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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