Intel Core i5-1240P vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i5-1240P vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 5 120U beats the Core i5-1240P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1240P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-1240P has slightly more cores than the Core 5 120U. Indeed, the Core i5-1240P has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core 5 120U. It also has more threads than the Core 5 120U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-1240P has a slightly 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 Core i5-1240P. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i5-1240P has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.