AMD Ryzen 5 7430U vs Intel Core 5 120U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 5 7430U, vs Intel Core 5 120U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U and Intel Core 5 120U
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 7430U
1421
Intel Core 5 120U
1844
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
8198
Intel Core 5 120U
7862
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
81
Intel Core 5 120U
107
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
443
Intel Core 5 120U
421
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
2908
Intel Core 5 120U
3812
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
15155
Intel Core 5 120U
17426
Integer Math56.3 GOps/s58 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math30.6 GOps/s40.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Search46 M primes/s65 M primes/s
Random String Sort18.8 M strings/s22.3 M strings/s
Data Encryption11.5 GB/s12.2 GB/s
Data Compression180.9 MB/s192.7 MB/s
Physics660 frames/s1115 frames/s
Extended Instructions12 M matrices/s107 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
1865
Intel Core 5 120U
2474
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
6558
Intel Core 5 120U
8610
File Compression606.2 MB/s939.7 MB/s
Clang Compilation51.2 KLines/s54 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser106.5 pages/s214 pages/s
PDF Rendering177.4 MP/sec236.1 MP/sec
Text Processing189.7 pages/s250.6 pages/s
Background Blur31 frames/s36.3 frames/s
Photo Processing44.4 frames/s91 frames/s
Ray Tracing12.8 MP/sec11.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 5 7430U
86.99
Intel Core 5 120U
97.23

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 437.2 PPW 574 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1010.3 PPW 1161.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 29.5 PPW 28.1 PPW
Blender / W 5.8 PPW 6.48 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 5, 2023 January, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 3 (Cezanne) Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number n/a 120U
Integrated GPU Radeon RX Vega 7 Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 2
Threads 12 4
Frequency 2.3 GHz 1.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.3 GHz 5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a0.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.8 GHz
General
Cores count610
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier23x14x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache512 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total12 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 10.7 billion n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 15 W 12-15 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 55 W
Socket FP6 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 64 GB 96 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No

Other

PCIe Version 3.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

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Survey

Which CPU would you pick?
3 (75%)
1 (25%)
Total Votes: 4

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