Intel Core 5 120U vs Intel Processor N150

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core 5 120U, vs Intel Processor N150. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core 5 120U and Intel Processor N150
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)
Intel Core 5 120U
1844
Intel Processor N150
940
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core 5 120U
7862
Intel Processor N150
3415
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core 5 120U
107
Intel Processor N150
61
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core 5 120U
421
Intel Processor N150
219
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core 5 120U
3812
Intel Processor N150
1907
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core 5 120U
17426
Intel Processor N150
5438
Integer Math58 GOps/sn/a
Floating-Point Math40.6 GOps/sn/a
Prime Number Search65 M primes/sn/a
Random String Sort22.3 M strings/sn/a
Data Encryption12.2 GB/sn/a
Data Compression192.7 MB/sn/a
Physics1115 frames/sn/a
Extended Instructions107 M matrices/sn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core 5 120U
2474
Intel Processor N150
1258
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core 5 120U
8610
Intel Processor N150
3010
File Compression939.7 MB/sn/a
Clang Compilation54 KLines/sn/a
HTML5 Browser214 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering236.1 MP/secn/a
Text Processing250.6 pages/sn/a
Background Blur36.3 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing91 frames/sn/a
Ray Tracing11.6 MP/secn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core 5 120U
97.23
Intel Processor N150
32.92

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 574 PPW 501.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 1161.7 PPW 906.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 28.1 PPW 36.5 PPW
Blender / W 6.48 PPW 5.49 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel Intel
Announced January, 9, 2024 November, 20, 2024
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh n/a
Model number 120U N150
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) UHD Graphics 730

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 2 n/a
Threads 4 n/a
Frequency 1.4 GHz n/a
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5 GHz n/a
Efficiency cores
Cores84
Threads84
Frequency0.9 GHz3.6 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.8 GHzn/a
General
Cores count104
Threads count124
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier14x36x
L1 cache80 KB/core96 KB/core
L2 cache1280 KB/core2000 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total6 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 12-15 W 6 W
Max TDP (Boost) 55 W n/a
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1264
Critical temp. 100 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-4800
Max Size 96 GB 16 GB
Channels 2 1
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 9
Tech n/a - Compute: AVX-VNNI, CLMUL, SHA
- Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0
- Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x
- Security: RDRAND, SGX, TXT

Results

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

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