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Intel Core 5 120U vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

48 out of 100
Intel Core 5 120U
VS
43 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
Intel Core 5 120U
AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core 5 120U with 10-cores against the 1.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800U with 8-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 5800U and 120U
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120U
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 3 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 28% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2437 vs 1899 points
  • 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.7 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 5 120U
vs
Ryzen 7 5800U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 5 120U +61%
421
Ryzen 7 5800U
261
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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 +28%
2437
Ryzen 7 5800U
1899
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120U +7%
7994
Ryzen 7 5800U
7496
File compression 885.2 MB/sec 707 MB/sec
Clang compilation 51.5 Klines/sec 50.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 192.4 pages/sec 136.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 217.6 Mpixels/sec 220.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246 pages/sec 191.1 pages/sec
Background blur 34 images/sec 32 images/sec
Photo processing 79.6 images/sec 57.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 25 & 587 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 5 120U +16%
3467
Ryzen 7 5800U
2984
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120U
14961
Ryzen 7 5800U +20%
17954
Integer math 52.1 GOps/sec 71.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.8 GOps/sec 38.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 53M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 18.9M Strings/sec 23M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.4 GBytes/sec 14 GBytes/sec
Data compression 165.5 MBytes/sec 219.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 932 Frames/sec 763 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9.3B Matrices/sec 14.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1547 & 970 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core 5 120U
97.23
Ryzen 7 5800U +44%
140.26

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.1 PPW 10.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 532.9 PPW 299.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 997.4 PPW 718.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.48 PPW 5.61 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
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-11 (Senna_Sempre_369)Geekbench 6 CPU2588 / 8894
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (Jiph0731)Cinebench 202467 / 323
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-13 (StarCry)Cinebench 202473 / 261
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 120U and AMD Ryzen 7 5800U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 January 12, 2021
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 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 1195G7
Successor - Intel Core 5 220U - AMD Ryzen 7 250
Intel CPU rating (#167th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#148th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 1.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.4 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 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 14x 19x
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

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 640 512
TMUs 40 32
ROPs 20 8
Execution Units 80 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 5 120U
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5800U +18%
2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 120U official page AMD Ryzen 7 5800U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 12

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Comments

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