intel core i5 1235u vs amd ryzen 5 5500u
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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i5 1235U (Laptop) 10-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 5500U (Laptop) 6-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 Intel Core i5 1235U
- Newer released 1 years later
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Consumes up to 40% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 5 5500U – 15 vs 25 Watt
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4 GHz)
- Newer PCI Express version – 4
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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
| Intel Core i5 1235U | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Vendor | Intel | AMD |
| Released | January 4 2022 | January 7 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake-U | Lucienne U |
| Socket | FCBGA1744 | FP6 |
| Integrated GPU | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 |
Performance
| Intel Core i5 1235U | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Base Frequency | 1.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.4 GHz | 4 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1.25 MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB (shared) | 8 MB (shared) |
Power
| Intel Core i5 1235U | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Fabrication process | Intel 7 nm | 7 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 W | 25 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | 105°C |
Memory support
| Intel Core i5 1235U | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 | DDR4-4266 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | - |
| ECC Support | No | No |
iGPU
| Intel Core i5 1235U | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible | AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1.2 MHz | MHz |
| Shading Units | 640 | 448 |
| TMUs | 40 | 28 |
| ROPs | 20 | 7 |
| Execution Units | 80 | |
| TGP | 15 W | 0 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Misc
| Intel Core i5 1235U | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U | |
| Official site | Intel Core i5 1235U official page | AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4 | 3 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 |