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Intel Core 5 120U vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

49 out of 100
Intel Core 5 120U
VS
44 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
Intel Core 5 120U
AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core 5 120U with 10-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7530U with 6-cores. 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7530U and 120U
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120U
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 4.0
  • 26% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2437 vs 1934 points
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 5 120U
vs
Ryzen 5 7530U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 120U +26%
2437
Ryzen 5 7530U
1934
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120U +17%
7994
Ryzen 5 7530U
6856
File compression 885.2 MB/sec 595.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 51.5 Klines/sec 55.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 192.4 pages/sec 106.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 217.6 Mpixels/sec 190.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246 pages/sec 208.1 pages/sec
Background blur 34 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
Photo processing 79.6 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 14.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 25 & 1157 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 5 120U +16%
3467
Ryzen 5 7530U
2979
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 52.1 GOps/sec 55.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.8 GOps/sec 30.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 53M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 18.9M Strings/sec 18.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.4 GBytes/sec 11.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 165.5 MBytes/sec 179.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 932 Frames/sec 647 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9.3B Matrices/sec 11.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1547 & 2030 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core 5 120U
97.23
Ryzen 5 7530U +11%
107.58

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.1 PPW 30.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 532.9 PPW 457.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 997.4 PPW 996.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.48 PPW 7.17 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core 5 120U
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-11 (Senna_Sempre_369)Geekbench 6 CPU2588 / 8894
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AMD Ryzen 5 7530U
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 120U and AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 January 5, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number 120U -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Successor - Intel Core 5 220U -
Intel CPU rating (#159th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#141st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 0.9 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 20x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Transistors - 10.7 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 640 448
TMUs 40 28
ROPs 20 8
Execution Units 80 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 5 120U
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7530U +6%
1.8 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 120U official page AMD Ryzen 5 7530U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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