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Intel Core 5 120F vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500

52 out of 100
Intel Core 5 120F
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
Intel Core 5 120F
AMD Ryzen 5 4500

We compared two 6-core desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core 5 120F against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 4500. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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61.6
(Average)
Value Index
97.4
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4500 and 120F
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120F
  • Newer - released 3 years and 3 months later
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 50% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2364 vs 1580 points
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.1 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 4500
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 5 120F
vs
Ryzen 5 4500

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 5 120F +40%
674
Ryzen 5 4500
483
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core 5 120F +50%
2364
Ryzen 5 4500
1580
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120F +45%
9805
Ryzen 5 4500
6777
File compression - 586.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 59.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 146.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 206.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 144.5 pages/sec
Background blur - 37.8 images/sec
Photo processing - 57 images/sec
Ray tracing - 10.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 5 120F +41%
3636
Ryzen 5 4500
2585
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120F +35%
21477
Ryzen 5 4500
15946
Integer math 66.5 GOps/sec 49.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 29.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 75M Primes/sec 33M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 25.1M Strings/sec 23.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13 GBytes/sec 13.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 257.2 MBytes/sec 226.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1337 Frames/sec 715 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 15.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2 & 2538 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 10.4 PPW 7.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 150.8 PPW 104.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 330.4 PPW 245.3 PPW
Blender / Watt - 1.93 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 120F and AMD Ryzen 5 4500

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released June 14, 2025 April 4, 2022
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Bartlett Lake-S Zen 2 (Renoir)
Model number 120F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 10500
Successor - - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
Intel CPU rating (#138th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#164th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 36x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 9.8 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100°C 95°C
Desktop CPU ranking (100th and 153rd place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 120F official page -
PCI Express Version 5.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 16

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Comments

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