Intel Core i5 1240P vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 1240P, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 1240P and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
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 1240P
1510
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1172
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 1240P
9291
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
7092
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 1240P
65
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
68
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 1240P
88
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
367
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 1240P
3243
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
2427
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 1240P
16780
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
12902
Integer Math63.2 GOps/s45.5 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math43.9 GOps/s26.2 GOps/s
Prime Number Search48 M primes/s26 M primes/s
Random String Sort21.8 M strings/s19.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.6 GB/s10.5 GB/s
Data Compression194.8 MB/s175.6 MB/s
Physics938 frames/s534 frames/s
Extended Instructions113 M matrices/s109 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 1240P
2201
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
1502
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 1240P
8643
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
5266
File Compression629 MB/s504.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation61.4 KLines/s32.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser212.7 pages/s103.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering278.2 MP/sec151.5 MP/sec
Text Processing196.2 pages/s124.6 pages/s
Background Blur39 frames/s27.2 frames/s
Photo Processing76.8 frames/s49.8 frames/s
Ray Tracing13.8 MP/sec8.97 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 1240P
110.19
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 308.7 PPW 210.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 599.3 PPW 516.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 3.1 PPW 14.7 PPW
Blender / W 3.94 PPW 3.68 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced February, 23, 2022 January, 12, 2021
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i5-1240P n/a
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 7

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 6
Threads 8 12
Frequency 1.7 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.4 GHz 4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores8n/a
Threads8n/a
Frequency1.2 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.3 GHzn/a
General
Cores count126
Threads count1612
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier17x21x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1280 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total8 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 20-28 W 10-25 W
Max TDP (Boost) 64 W n/a
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Critical temp. 100 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max Size 64 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 12

Results

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