[Comparison] Intel Core i5-1240P vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H: "Max TDP of 28W" - only in AMD's dreams

[Comparison] Intel Core i5-1240P vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H: “Max TDP of 28W” – only in AMD’s dreams

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [Comparison] Intel Core i5-1240P vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600H: "Max TDP of 28W" - only in AMD's dreams

From: Severin Kolakov 13 August 2022 / 06:00 | 0

The CPU market is getting very competitive, with the two sole players going at it constantly, in a war that has spanned decades. Today, we add another chapter, as the 28W Core i5-1240P goes against the Ryzen 5 5600H, a CPU with nearly twice its power limit.

However, it has only half the cores of the Core i5, with Team Blue being the ones that for once, offer the higher-core count processors, which was usually AMD’s key tactic. Let’s see if Alder Lake’s technological improvement is more than what the Ryzen can handle.

Here is our Top Laptop CPU Ranking, which has the best laptop CPUs in a list, based on performance.

Today we are comparing the Intel Core i5-1240P against the AMD Ryzen 5 5600H.

You can find more information about both CPUs here: Intel Core i5-1240P / AMD Ryzen 5 5600H

Specs table

	Intel Core i5-1240P	AMD Ryzen 5 5600H
Architecture	Alder Lake-P	Zen 3
Cores / Threads	12/16	6/12
Clock Speeds – Base/Boost	1.20 – 4.40GHz	3.30 – 4.20GHz
Cache	12MB	16MB
Lithography	10nm	7nm
TDP	28W	45W
Memory type	DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Integrated GPU	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 35/45W)

CPU benchmarks

The Core i5 scores 17% higher in 3D Rendering with Cinebench 20, while also being nearly two seconds quicker in our Photoshop test.

3D Rendering

Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)

Intel Core i5-1240P Lenovo Yoga 7i (14", 2022)

11227

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro (14")

9280

Adobe Photoshop

Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)

Intel Core i5-1240P Lenovo Yoga 7i (14", 2022)

4.78

AMD Ryzen 5 5600H Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro (14")

6.44

GPU benchmarks

Now its time to see how the iGPUs do, as they are an integral part of a laptop, even ones that handle gaming, as many laptops implement a tactic that puts the dedicated GPUs output through the integrated solution, in order to save power, while taking a slight hit to performance.

The iGPU inside the Intel CPU does way better in benchmarks, scoring 34% and 37% higher in 3DMark Fire Strike and Unigine Superposition, respectively.

3DMark Time Spy (G)

Results are from the 3DMark: Time Spy (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) Lenovo Yoga 7i (14", 2022)

1399

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 35/45W) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro (14")

3DMark Fire Strike (G)

Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) Lenovo Yoga 7i (14", 2022)

4719

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 35/45W) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro (14")

3511

3DMark Wild Life (G)

Results are from the 3DMark: Wild Life benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) Lenovo Yoga 7i (14", 2022)

3459

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 35/45W) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro (14")

Unigine Superposition

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) Lenovo Yoga 7i (14", 2022)

930

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 35/45W) Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro (14")

680

Gaming tests

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GO	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Medium (Check settings)	HD 1080p, MAX (Check settings)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) – Core i5-1240P	144 fps	92 fps (+2%)	64 fps (+3%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 35/45W) – Ryzen 5 5600H	145 fps (+1%)	90 fps	62 fps

DOTA 2	HD 1080p, Low (Check settings)	HD 1080p, Normal (Check settings)	HD 1080p, High (Check settings)
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) – Core i5-1240P	160 fps (+6%)	106 fps (+19%)	61 fps (+33%)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000/5000, 35/45W) – Ryzen 5 5600H	151 fps	89 fps	46 fps

Conclusion

The 28W power limit on the Core i5-1240P is a limit, but only on paper, as Intel allows the manufacturers to increase it if the power brick and the cooling allow it, which comes with more performance. In this way, the Core i5 matches the TDP of the Ryzen 5, while doubling the cores and adding four extra threads, so it’s easy to see why we see such a performance gap.