Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core 5 120U comparison
In our benchmarks, the Core 5 120U beats the Ryzen 5 1600X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 1600X in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 1600X. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 1600X. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 1600X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 5 120U. In terms of cache, the Core 5 120U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 1600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 1600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 120U.
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 Ryzen 5 1600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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