Intel Core 5 120U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Compared 2 processors: Intel Core 5 120U, vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 58 GOps/s | 45.5 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 40.6 GOps/s | 26.2 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 65 M primes/s | 26 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 22.3 M strings/s | 19.1 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 12.2 GB/s | 10.5 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 192.7 MB/s | 175.6 MB/s |
| Physics | 1115 frames/s | 534 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 107 M matrices/s | 109 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 939.7 MB/s | 504.2 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 54 KLines/s | 32.5 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 214 pages/s | 103.5 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 236.1 MP/sec | 151.5 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 250.6 pages/s | 124.6 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 36.3 frames/s | 27.2 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 91 frames/s | 49.8 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 11.6 MP/sec | 8.97 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 574 PPW | 210.6 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 1161.7 PPW | 516.1 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 28.1 PPW | 14.7 PPW |
| Blender / W | 6.48 PPW | 3.68 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | Intel | AMD |
| Announced | January, 9, 2024 | January, 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop use | Laptop use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Raptor Lake Refresh | Zen 2 (Lucienne) |
| Model number | 120U | n/a |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Radeon RX Vega 7 |
Processor
| Cores | 2 | 6 |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Frequency | 1.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 5 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Cores | 8 | n/a |
| Threads | 8 | n/a |
| Frequency | 0.9 GHz | n/a |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 3.8 GHz | n/a |
| Cores count | 10 | 6 |
| Threads count | 12 | 12 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 14x | 21x |
| L1 cache | 80 KB/core | 64 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 1280 KB/core | 512 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB total | 8 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Process tech. | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 12-15 W | 10-25 W |
| Max TDP (Boost) | 55 W | n/a |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | FP6 |
| Critical temp. | 100 °C | 105 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-6400 - LPDDR5x-6400 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
- DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
| Max Size | 96 GB | 32 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | No | No |
Other
| PCIe Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 20 | 12 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core 5 120U the clear winner in this comparison.
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