Intel Core i7-7800X vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i7-7800X vs Core 5 120U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-7800X is faster than the Core 5 120U. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i7-7800X that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-7800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U.

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 i7-7800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.