Intel Core 5 120U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7533HS

Compare Intel Core (Series 1) 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4342 points
5% slightly better overall score
4135 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7190 points
25% slightly better gaming score
5749 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3534 points
3665 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3381 points
3562 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
66% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz
3.30 GHz
135% significantly higher clock speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6.5 MiB
116% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

407th of 1,089
424th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core (Series 1)
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core 5 120U vs Ryzen 5 7533HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7533HS performs better than the Core 5 120U. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7533HS. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7533HS. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7533HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 120U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7533HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7533HS has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 120U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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