AMD Ryzen 7 5825U vs Intel Core 5 120U

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 8 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

4888 points
12% slightly better overall score
4342 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6523 points
7190 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4398 points
24% slightly better multitasking score
3534 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4293 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
3381 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.31 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
85.75 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6417 points
7114 points
10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1718 points
2111 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
10
25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
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

4 MiB
6.5 MiB
62% 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

357th of 1,089
407th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 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 7 5825U vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5825U performs better than the Core 5 120U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 5 120U in all gaming tests too.

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 5825U that has 8 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5825U has more threads than the Core 5 120U. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5825U 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 7 5825U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5825U 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 7 5825U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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