Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core 5 120U specs and performance
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 2600 beats the Core 5 120U in overall performance. 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 Ryzen 5 2600 that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 2600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 5 120U. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 2600 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 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.