AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Intel Core 5 120F

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 6600H, vs Intel Core 5 120F. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H and Intel Core 5 120F
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)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
1458
Intel Core 5 120F
1708
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
10226
Intel Core 5 120F
12242
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
n/a
Intel Core 5 120F
89
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
n/a
Intel Core 5 120F
624
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
3178
Intel Core 5 120F
n/a
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
18675
Intel Core 5 120F
n/a
Integer Math64.9 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math36.7 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search52 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort23.9 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption14.3 GB/sn/a
Data Compression230.4 MB/sn/a
Physics893 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions159 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
1954
Intel Core 5 120F
2305
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
8529
Intel Core 5 120F
9770
File Compression857 MB/sn/a
Clang Compilation62.5 KLines/sn/a
HTML5 Browser169.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering223.8 MP/secn/a
Text Processing208.8 pages/sn/a
Background Blur41.6 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing73.7 frames/sn/a
Ray Tracing14.8 MP/secn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
132.39
Intel Core 5 120F
n/a

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 189.5 PPW 150.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 415 PPW n/a
Cinebench 2024 / W n/a 9.6 PPW
Blender / W 2.94 PPW n/a

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 4, 2022 June, 14, 2025
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3+ (Rembrandt) n/a
Model number n/a 120F
Integrated GPU Radeon 660M No

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 3.3 GHz 2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.5 GHz 4.5 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier33x25x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 6 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 45 W 65 W
Socket FP7 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 64 GB 192 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 76.8 GB 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core 5 120F the clear winner in this comparison.

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