Intel Core i5-11320H vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i5-11320H vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-11320H 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 Core i5-11320H. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-11320H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11320H.

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 i5-11320H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.