AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core 5 120U

Compare AMD 6 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4161 points

4342 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6597 points

7190 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3390 points

3534 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3252 points

3381 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

85.91 points

0.19% slightly higher Blender score

85.75 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5889 points

7114 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1572 points

2111 points

34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

157% significantly higher clock speed

1.4 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

6.5 MiB

116% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

423rd of 1,089

407th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 September

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Ryzen 5 3500X vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 5 120U beats the Ryzen 5 3500X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 3500X 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 Ryzen 5 3500X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3500X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3500X has a significantly 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 Ryzen 5 3500X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3500X has significantly 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. For instance, the Ryzen 5 3500X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.