Intel Core i5 1235U vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 1235U, vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 1235U and AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
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)
Intel Core i5 1235U
1640
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
1493
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 1235U
6601
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
9828
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 1235U
98
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 1235U
368
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 1235U
3171
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
3149
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 1235U
13070
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
16545
Integer Math49.1 GOps/s60.3 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math46.6 GOps/s32.8 GOps/s
Prime Number Search1211 M primes/s51 M primes/s
Random String Sort17.2 M strings/s20.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption9.4 GB/s12.3 GB/s
Data Compression148.4 MB/s191.6 MB/s
Physics703 frames/s832 frames/s
Extended Instructions82 M matrices/s125 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 1235U
2089
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
1947
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 1235U
6362
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
7212
File Compression448.4 MB/s837.1 MB/s
Clang Compilation24.1 KLines/s52.4 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser156 pages/s169.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering128.9 MP/sec219.6 MP/sec
Text Processing206.3 pages/s198.7 pages/s
Background Blur34.7 frames/s33.6 frames/s
Photo Processing54.1 frames/s73.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing10.5 MP/sec12.9 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 1235U
80.33
AMD Ryzen 5 6600U
120.88

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 424.1 PPW 257.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 871.3 PPW 590.9 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 24.5 PPW n/a
Blender / W 5.36 PPW 4.32 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced February, 23, 2022 January, 4, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-1235U n/a
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 660M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Frequency 1.3 GHz 2.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.4 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency0.9 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.3 GHzn/a
General
Cores count106
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier13x29x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1280 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 12-15 W 15-28 W
Max TDP (Boost) 55 W n/a
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 64 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth n/a 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

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