AMD FX-9370 vs Intel Core 5 120U

FX-9370 vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core 5 120U is faster than the FX-9370. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9370 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the FX-9370 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-9370. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the FX-9370 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. The info from our database shows that the FX-9370 has more L2 cache than the Core 5 120U. Despite this, the Core 5 120U has significantly more L3 cache compared to the FX-9370.

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 FX-9370 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.