amd ryzen 5 3600 vs intel core i5 1240p
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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i5 1240P (Laptop) 12-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Key Differences
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Has 20 MB larger L3 cache size
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4 Dual-channel RAM
- Unlocked multiplier
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1240P
- Newer released 3 years later
- Has 6 more physical cores
- Consumes up to 57% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 – 28 vs 65 Watt
- 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Specifications
General
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i5 1240P | |
| Vendor | AMD | Intel |
| Released | July 7 2019 | January 4 2022 |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Matisse | Alder Lake-P |
| Socket | AM4 | FCBGA1744 |
| Integrated GPU | - | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible |
Performance
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i5 1240P | |
| Cores | 6 | 12 |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Base Frequency | 3.6 GHz | 1.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 96K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 512K (per core) | 1.25 MB (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 32 MB (shared) | 12 MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | No |
Power
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i5 1240P | |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm, 12 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 W | 28 W |
| Max. temperature | °C | 100°C |
Memory support
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i5 1240P | |
| Memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 51.196 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i5 1240P | |
| Integrated Graphics | - | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible |
| GPU Base Clock | MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | MHz | 1.3 MHz |
| Shading Units | 640 | |
| TMUs | 40 | |
| ROPs | 20 | |
| Execution Units | 80 | |
| TGP | W | 15 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i5 1240P | |
| Official site | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 official page | Intel Core i5 1240P official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 |