intel core i5 1240u vs amd ryzen 5 6600u

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We compared two CPUs Intel Core i5 1240U (Laptop) 10-cores against AMD Ryzen 5 6600U (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

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i5 1240U and AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
Advantages of Intel Core i5 1240U
  • Newer released 2022 years later
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Consumes up to 40% less energy than the AMD Ryzen 5 6600U – 9 vs 15 Watt
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 7

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in 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

Full technical specification of core i5 1240u and ryzen 5 6600u

General

Intel Core i5 1240U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
Vendor Intel AMD
Released January 4 2022 January 4 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-U Rembrandt U
Socket Intel BGA 1781 FP7
Integrated GPU Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible AMD Radeon 660M

Performance

Intel Core i5 1240U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
Cores 10 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 1.1 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.4 GHz 4.5 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12 MB (shared) 16 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i5 1240U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 9 W 15 W
Max. temperature 100°C 95°C

Memory support

Intel Core i5 1240U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
Memory types LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 DDR5-4800
Memory Size 64 GB GB
Max. Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - -
ECC Support No No

iGPU

Intel Core i5 1240U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
Integrated Graphics Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible AMD Radeon 660M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 900 MHz MHz
Shading Units 640 384
TMUs 40 24
ROPs 20 16
Execution Units 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.41 TFLOPS
1.46 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i5 1240U AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
Official site Intel Core i5 1240U official page AMD Ryzen 5 6600U official page
PCI Express Version 4 4
PCI Express Lanes 14

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 6600U or Intel Core i5 1240U?