AMD Ryzen 5 5500U vs Intel Core i5 1230U

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We compared two laptop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6 cores 2.1GHz and Intel Core i5 1230U with 10 cores 1.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (2.1GHz vs 1.0GHz)

Intel Core i5 1230U 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 1 months late

Better graphics card performance

Higher specification of memory (LPDDR5-5200 vs LPDDR4-4266)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (12MB vs 8MB)

Lower TDP (9W vs 10W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

1169

Intel Core i5 1230U +21%

1425

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U +21%

7108

Intel Core i5 1230U

5869

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

1445

Intel Core i5 1230U +27%

1848

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

5919

Intel Core i5 1230U +21%

7169

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

1106

Intel Core i5 1230U +37%

1525

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

4917

Intel Core i5 1230U +39%

6842

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

2453

Intel Core i5 1230U +6%

2622

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U +21%

13092

Intel Core i5 1230U

10757

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

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Intel Core i5 1230U

General Parameters

Jan 2021

Release Date

Feb 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Laptop

Type

Laptop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Lucienne

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-U

-

Processor Number

i5-1230U

FP6

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon RX Vega 7

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

FP6

Socket

LGA-1700

10-25 W

Power Consumption

9 W

105 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

2

12

Performance Core Threads

-

2.1 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

1.0 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

8

6

Total Core Count

10

12

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

21x

Multiplier

10x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

12 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-4266

Memory Types

LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267

32 GB

Max Memory Size

64 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1800 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

850 MHz

448

Shader Units

640

28

Texture Units

40

7

Raster Operation Units

20

-

Execution Units

80

10-45 W

Power Consumption

15 W

1.108 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

1.41 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Official Website

Intel Core i5 1230U

3.0

PCIe Version

4.0

12

PCIe Lanes

14

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