Intel Core 5 120U vs Intel Core i3-1315U

Core 5 120U vs Core i3-1315U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i3-1315U performs better than the Core 5 120U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 5 120U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1315U. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i3-1315U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1315U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 5 120U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1315U. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 120U has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1315U. The Core 5 120U also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.