AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Intel Core 5 120U

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 260, vs Intel Core 5 120U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 260 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 7 260
1780
Intel Core 5 120U
1844
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
16387
Intel Core 5 120U
7862
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
106
Intel Core 5 120U
107
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
930
Intel Core 5 120U
421
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Intel Core 5 120U
3812
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Intel Core 5 120U
17426
Integer Mathn/a58 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a40.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a65 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a22.3 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a12.2 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a192.7 MB/s
Physicsn/a1115 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a107 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2521
Intel Core 5 120U
2474
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
11816
Intel Core 5 120U
8610
File Compressionn/a939.7 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a54 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a214 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a236.1 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a250.6 pages/s
Background Blurn/a36.3 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a91 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a11.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Intel Core 5 120U
97.23

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 218.8 PPW 574 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 1161.7 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.2 PPW 28.1 PPW
Blender / W n/a 6.48 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number n/a 120U
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 2
Threads 16 4
Frequency 3.8 GHz 1.4 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a0.9 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.8 GHz
General
Cores count810
Threads count1612
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x14x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total12 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 12-15 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 55 W
Socket FP8 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 256 GB 96 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

Results

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

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