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Intel Core 5 320 vs AMD Ryzen 5 220

54 out of 100
Intel Core 5 320
VS
54 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 220
Intel Core 5 320
AMD Ryzen 5 220

We compared two 6-core laptop CPUs: the 1.5 GHz Intel Core 5 320 against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 220. 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 220 and 320
Advantages of Intel Core 5 320
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 4 nanometers
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 220
  • Supports up to 256 GB LPDDR5X-7500 RAM
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Around 29.9 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core 5 320
vs
Ryzen 5 220

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Core 5 320 +7%
106
Ryzen 5 220
99
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core 5 320
401
Ryzen 5 220 +24%
497
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 113 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 566 -
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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 5 320 +1%
2582
Ryzen 5 220
2544
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core 5 320
8069
Ryzen 5 220 +13%
9108
File compression - 693.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 63.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 162.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 231 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 244.7 pages/sec
Background blur - 41.8 images/sec
Photo processing - 66.4 images/sec
Ray tracing - 13.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core 5 320 +8%
3951
Ryzen 5 220
3643
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core 5 320
15109
Ryzen 5 220 +23%
18577
Integer math 31.7 GOps/sec 58 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.8 GOps/sec 35.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 110M Primes/sec 65M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 17.6M Strings/sec 25.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.8 GBytes/sec 12.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 144.7 MBytes/sec 212.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1200 Frames/sec 980 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.9B Matrices/sec 15.5B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 71 & 375 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core 5 320
n/a
Ryzen 5 220
127.73

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 26.7 PPW 16.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 537.9 PPW 303.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1007.3 PPW 619.2 PPW
Blender / Watt - 4.26 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core 5 320 and AMD Ryzen 5 220

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released April 16, 2026 January 7, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Wildcat Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 320 220
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) Radeon 740M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core 5 210H
Intel CPU rating (#117th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#91st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 2 2
P-Threads 2 4
Base Frequency (P) 1.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.4 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 6 6
Total Threads 6 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 15x 32x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 6MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 10-15 W (configurable) 15-30 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 35 W -
Socket FCBGA1516 FP8
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C
Laptop processors ranking (154th and 158th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (2-Core) Radeon 740M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 800 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 16
ROPs 8 8
Execution Units 4 4
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core 5 320
1.3 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 220 +8%
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 740M compared to Xe3 Graphics (2-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-7467
- DDR5-6400		 - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 1 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 59.7 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core 5 320 official page AMD Ryzen 5 220 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 6 20

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Comments

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