AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Ryzen 5 7520U vs Core i3-1220P comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-1220P beats the Ryzen 5 7520U in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7520U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i3-1220P has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7520U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7520U. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7520U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1220P. Despite this, the Core i3-1220P has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 7520U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i3-1220P CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i3-1220P has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7520U. The Core i3-1220P also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 7520U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.