AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core 5 120U

Ryzen 7 1700X vs Core 5 120U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 1700X performs better than the Core 5 120U. 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 slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 1700X that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700X has more threads than the Core 5 120U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X 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 7 1700X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 1700X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 120U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 1700X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.