Intel Core i3-2120 vs AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS

Core i3-2120 vs Ryzen 5 7535HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7535HS beats the Core i3-2120 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2120 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 5 7535HS has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Core i3-2120 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-2120. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7535HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i3-2120.

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 i3-2120 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.