AMD Ryzen 7 7730U vs Intel Core 5 120U

Ryzen 7 7730U vs Core 5 120U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7730U is faster than the Core 5 120U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 5 120U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 5 120U has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 7730U. Indeed, the Core 5 120U has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 7730U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7730U has more threads than the Core 5 120U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7730U 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 7730U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 7730U 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 7730U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.