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Intel Core 5 120U vs AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

48 out of 100
Intel Core 5 120U
VS
52 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
Intel Core 5 120U
AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.4 GHz Intel Core 5 120U with 10-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 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 7735HS and 120U
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120U
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.75 GHz)
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2437 vs 2123 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
  • More powerful Radeon 680M integrated graphics: 3.4 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 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 7 7735HS

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 +15%
2437
Ryzen 7 7735HS
2123
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120U
7994
Ryzen 7 7735HS +25%
9969
File compression 885.2 MB/sec 1023.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 51.5 Klines/sec 70.9 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 192.4 pages/sec 213.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 217.6 Mpixels/sec 301.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 246 pages/sec 212.8 pages/sec
Background blur 34 images/sec 43.7 images/sec
Photo processing 79.6 images/sec 84.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 10.5 Mpixels/sec 17.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 25 & 519 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 5 120U +7%
3467
Ryzen 7 7735HS
3240
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 5 120U
14961
Ryzen 7 7735HS +48%
22195
Integer math 52.1 GOps/sec 82.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 35.8 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 53M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 18.9M Strings/sec 29.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.4 GBytes/sec 17.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 165.5 MBytes/sec 281 MBytes/sec
Physics 932 Frames/sec 1018 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 9.3B Matrices/sec 19.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1547 & 4429 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 7735HS +83%
177.98

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 28.1 PPW 13.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 532.9 PPW 184.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 997.4 PPW 411 PPW
Blender / Watt 6.48 PPW 3.3 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 7735HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (bobschieffer)Geekbench 6 CPU2057 / 8148
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (bobschieffer)Cinebench 2026452 / 2782
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (bobschieffer)Cinebench 202489 / 691
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-23 (Vijay)Cinebench 202482 / 583
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-19 (MaidElle)Cinebench 202489 / 685
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 120U and AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 9, 2024 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number 120U -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 680M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 13620H
Successor - Intel Core 5 220U -
Intel CPU rating (#167th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#102nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 1.4 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.75 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 32x
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 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-15 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 55 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 680M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 640 768
TMUs 40 48
ROPs 20 32
Execution Units 80 12
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 5 120U
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 7735HS +100%
3.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 680M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 120U official page AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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