AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U vs Intel Core 5 120U

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U vs Core 5 120U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 5 120U performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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 PRO 5650U that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. In terms of cache, the Core 5 120U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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 PRO 5650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.