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Intel Core 5 120U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

48 out of 100
Intel Core 5 120U
VS
33 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Intel Core 5 120U
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core 5 120U with 10-cores against the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7520U and 120U
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120U
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • 92% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2437 vs 1270 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 6 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 5 120U
vs
Ryzen 5 7520U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 5 120U +51%
421
Ryzen 5 7520U
279
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core 5 120U +92%
2437
Ryzen 5 7520U
1270
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120U +89%
7994
Ryzen 5 7520U
4219
File compression 885.2 MB/sec 394.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 51.5 Klines/sec 27 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 192.4 pages/sec 91.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 217.6 Mpixels/sec 127.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246 pages/sec 114.6 pages/sec
Background blur 34 images/sec 23 images/sec
Photo processing 79.6 images/sec 38.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 7.38 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 25 & 1108 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 5 120U +46%
3467
Ryzen 5 7520U
2376
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120U +68%
14961
Ryzen 5 7520U
8925
Integer math 52.1 GOps/sec 30.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.8 GOps/sec 14.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 53M Primes/sec 20M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 18.9M Strings/sec 14.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.4 GBytes/sec 6.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 165.5 MBytes/sec 132 MBytes/sec
Physics 932 Frames/sec 432 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9.3B Matrices/sec 6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1547 & 1843 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core 5 120U +90%
97.23
Ryzen 5 7520U
51.1

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.1 PPW 18.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 532.9 PPW 281.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 997.4 PPW 595 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.48 PPW 3.41 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core 5 120U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-11 (Senna_Sempre_369)Geekbench 6 CPU2588 / 8894
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AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-11-13 (kot99)Geekbench 6 CPU1444 / 4688
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 120U and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 September 22, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 2 (Mendocino)
Model number 120U -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 610M
Successor - Intel Core 5 220U -
Intel CPU rating (#166th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#174th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.3 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 4
Total Threads 12 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 28x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 640 128
TMUs 40 8
ROPs 20 4
Execution Units 80 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 5 120U +240%
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 610M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 16 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 120U official page AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 4

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
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Total votes: 40

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Comments

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