Intel Core 5 120U vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
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We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core 5 120U with 10-cores against the 1.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
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
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120U
- Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
- Newer - released 3 years later
- Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
- 52% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2437 vs 1605 points
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version β 4.0
- 16% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
- More modern manufacturing process β 7 versus 10 nanometers
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | - | 393 |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | - | 1943 |
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 885.2 MB/sec | 504.6 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 51.5 Klines/sec | 43.4 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 192.4 pages/sec | 138 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 217.6 Mpixels/sec | 208.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 246 pages/sec | 132.7 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 34 images/sec | 32.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 79.6 images/sec | 55.9 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 10.5 Mpixels/sec | 13.2 Mpixels/sec |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 52.1 GOps/sec | 58.9 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 35.8 GOps/sec | 32.6 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 53M Primes/sec | 29M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 18.9M Strings/sec | 23.3M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 10.4 GBytes/sec | 12.3 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 165.5 MBytes/sec | 215.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 932 Frames/sec | 612 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 9.3B Matrices/sec | 13.4B Matrices/sec |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 28.1 PPW | 19.4 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 532.9 PPW | 262.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 997.4 PPW | 614.8 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 6.48 PPW | 4.83 PPW |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core 5 120U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-02-11 (Senna_Sempre_369) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2588 / 8894 |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-29 (Mike) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1519 / 5184 |
| π 2026-05-30 (Ryan A.) | Cinebench 2026 | 393 / 1943 |
| π 2024-11-30 (Hp Ireland) | Cinebench 2024 | 73 / 486 |
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 120U and AMD Ryzen 7 5700UGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Amd |
| Released | January 9, 2024 | January 12, 2021 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Raptor Lake Refresh | Zen 2 (Lucienne) |
| Model number | 120U | - |
| Integrated GPU | Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Intel Core i7 1165G7 |
| Successor | - Intel Core 5 220U | - |
Intel CPU rating (#166th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#158th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 2 | 8 |
| P-Threads | 4 | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 1.4 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| E-Cores | 8 | - |
| E-Threads | 8 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 0.9 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.8 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 16 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 14x | 18x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 8MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 12-15 W (configurable) | 10-25 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 55 W | - |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | FP6 |
| Peak Temperature | 100Β°C | 105Β°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1300 MHz | 1900 MHz |
| Shading Units | 640 | 512 |
| TMUs | 40 | 32 |
| ROPs | 20 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 80 | 8 |
| TGP | 15 W | 25 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - DDR5-5200 - DDR4-3200 - LPDDR5-6400 - LPDDR5x-6400 - LPDDR4x-4267 |
- DDR4-3200 - LPDDR4-4266 |
| Max. Memory Size | 96 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core 5 120U official page | AMD Ryzen 7 5700U official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 20 | 12 |
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