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Intel Core i5-1235U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2022
Intel Core i5-1235U
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
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What's the best choice Intel Core i5-1235U or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i5-1235U has a base frequency of 1.30 GHz. 10 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 15 W. Released in Q1/2022.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a base frequency of 4.2 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 120 W. Released in 2023-04-06.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    10 left arrow 8
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    15 W left arrow 120 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-1235U CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    189 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 223% better clock speed

    4.2 GHz left arrow 1.30 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 14 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5 GHz left arrow 4.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i5-1235U Intel Core i5-1235U
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 1200P/1200U left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Family
    Intel Core i5 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    12 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 7000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • A-Core
    2x Golden Cove left arrow -
  • B-Core
    8x Gracemont left arrow -
  • Base Frequency
    1.3 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    10 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.4 GHz left arrow 5.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
    2.5 GHz left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 8x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 5.4 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    12.1 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    80 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    13 left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    350 MHz left arrow 2200 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    1200 MHz left arrow 2200 MHz
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    Q1/2022 left arrow Q3/2022
  • Shader
    640 left arrow 128
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 5 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    Decode left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Intel Core i5-1235U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 left arrow DDR5
  • PCIe
    4.0 x 28 left arrow PCIe 5.0
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 83.2 GB/s
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-1235U and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    100 °C left arrow 89 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    15 W left arrow 170 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    55 W left arrow 230 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 120 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-1235U and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Alder Lake U left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L2-Cache
    6.5 MB left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    12 MB left arrow 96 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2022 left arrow 2023-04-06
  • Socket
    BGA 1744 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Chiplet
  • Codename
    - left arrow Raphael AM5
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 10

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsIntel Core i5-1235U AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3DResult difference¹
Blender 5.2.0 / CPU / Windows 54.33796 samples/min Submissions: 5 292.687665 samples/min Submissions: 56 +438.6 %
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows 76.352364 samples/min Submissions: 7 293.059443 samples/min Submissions: 72 +283.8 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux 47.372177 samples/min Submissions: 5 318.901589 samples/min Submissions: 58 +573.2 %
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 62.248659 samples/min Submissions: 14 262.013881 samples/min Submissions: 304 +320.9 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Linux 43.523777 samples/min Submissions: 7 302.968143 samples/min Submissions: 17 +596.1 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 63.495331 samples/min Submissions: 13 255.841339 samples/min Submissions: 169 +302.9 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 68.864953 samples/min Submissions: 30 252.365344 samples/min Submissions: 333 +266.5 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 62.385861 samples/min Submissions: 20 255.855441 samples/min Submissions: 410 +310.1 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 69.891565 samples/min Submissions: 20 264.848985 samples/min Submissions: 310 +278.9 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 69.294435 samples/min Submissions: 17 265.58705 samples/min Submissions: 555 +283.3 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core i5-1235U

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

More results: 1

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R15 / multi-core 2974 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R15 / single-core 291 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R20 / multi-core 7121 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R20 / single-core 709 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R23 / multi-core 18086 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R23 / single-core 1820 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 11512.514103 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B650E AORUS ELITE X AX ICE
Duration: 86.862 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 9 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i5-1235U 1042.451763 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 9 threads / windows
System RAM: 8 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Duration: 959.277 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i5-1235U and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

1487.000000
Intel Core i5-1235U
563.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

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