Intel Core 5 120U vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Go

Compare Intel Core (Series 1) 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z2 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
3% slightly better overall score
4209 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7190 points
6% slightly better gaming score
6772 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3534 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
3448 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3381 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
3307 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
150% significantly more cores
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz
3.00 GHz
114% significantly higher clock speed

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
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

407th of 1,089
419th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core (Series 1)
Ryzen Z2

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
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core 5 120U vs Ryzen Z2 Go specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 5 120U beats the Ryzen Z2 Go in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z2 Go 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 Z2 Go has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z2 Go. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Z2 Go 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 Z2 Go. The Core 5 120U also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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