AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U vs Intel Core 5 120U

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 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

3358 points
4396 points
30% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4834 points
7260 points
50% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2916 points
3586 points
22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2822 points
3432 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

86.82 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
85.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5816 points
7114 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1691 points
2111 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
10
66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
42% much higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

515th of 1,118
418th of 1,118

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U vs Core 5 120U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core 5 120U performs better than the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U 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 7530U that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U has a much 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 PRO 7530U. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 7530U 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 7530U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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