AMD Ryzen 5 7540U vs Intel Core i5 1235U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7540U, vs Intel Core i5 1235U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 7540U and Intel Core i5 1235U
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
1789
Intel Core i5 1235U
1640
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
9892
Intel Core i5 1235U
6601
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
n/a
Intel Core i5 1235U
98
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
n/a
Intel Core i5 1235U
368
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
3567
Intel Core i5 1235U
3171
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
18600
Intel Core i5 1235U
13070
Integer Math60.3 GOps/s49.1 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math36.2 GOps/s46.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search66 M primes/s1211 M primes/s
Random String Sort24.6 M strings/s17.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption12.6 GB/s9.4 GB/s
Data Compression211.1 MB/s148.4 MB/s
Physics978 frames/s703 frames/s
Extended Instructions152 M matrices/s82 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
2405
Intel Core i5 1235U
2089
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
8822
Intel Core i5 1235U
6362
File Compression988.4 MB/s448.4 MB/s
Clang Compilation63.6 KLines/s24.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser172.2 pages/s156 pages/s
PDF Rendering215.5 MP/sec128.9 MP/sec
Text Processing239.6 pages/s206.3 pages/s
Background Blur42.6 frames/s34.7 frames/s
Photo Processing72.2 frames/s54.1 frames/s
Ray Tracing13.3 MP/sec10.5 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7540U
142.27
Intel Core i5 1235U
80.33

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 294.1 PPW 424.1 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 620 PPW 871.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 24.5 PPW
Blender / W 4.74 PPW 5.36 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced May, 23, 2023 February, 23, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i5-1235U
Integrated GPU Radeon 740M Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Frequency 3.2 GHz 1.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.9 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a0.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.3 GHz
General
Cores count610
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier32x13x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total12 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 15-30 W 12-15 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 55 W
Socket FP7 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 256 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 14 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Ryzen 5 7540U the clear winner in this comparison.

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