Intel Core 5 120U vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U

Compare Intel Core (Series 1) 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 2000 Series 4 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

62% significantly better overall score

2666 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7190 points

68% significantly better gaming score

4273 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3534 points

61% significantly better multitasking score

2187 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3381 points

61% significantly better heavy workload score

2096 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.75 points

54% significantly higher Blender score

55.59 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7114 points

183% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2513 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2111 points

149% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

847 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz

2.2 GHz

57% significantly higher clock speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6.5 MiB

224% significantly more L2 cache

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

200% significantly more L3 cache

4 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

407th of 1,089

600th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core (Series 1)

Ryzen PRO 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February

2017 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core 5 120U vs Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core 5 120U beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 5 120U. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 120U has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U. The Core 5 120U also has significantly 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.