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Intel Core i5 13420H vs Core 5 120U

46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13420H
VS
48 out of 100
Intel Core 5 120U
Intel Core i5 13420H
Intel Core 5 120U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core i5 13420H with 8-cores against the 1.4 GHz Core 5 120U with 10-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 120U and 13420H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13420H
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120U
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2437 vs 2186 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 13420H
vs
Core 5 120U

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 384 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1546 -
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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 i5 13420H
2186
Core 5 120U +11%
2437
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13420H +14%
9145
Core 5 120U
7994
File compression 810.8 MB/sec 885.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 61 Klines/sec 51.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 213.2 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 242 Mpixels/sec 217.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 222.9 pages/sec 246 pages/sec
Background blur 45.1 images/sec 34 images/sec
Photo processing 87.9 images/sec 79.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.8 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 690 & 25 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 13420H
3351
Core 5 120U +3%
3467
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 13420H +12%
16829
Core 5 120U
14961
Integer math 57.3 GOps/sec 52.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 47.2 GOps/sec 35.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 48M Primes/sec 53M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 21.5M Strings/sec 18.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.2 GBytes/sec 10.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 203 MBytes/sec 165.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 939 Frames/sec 932 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 12.5B Matrices/sec 9.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 6136 & 1547 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 13420H +23%
119.99
Core 5 120U
97.23

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.4 PPW 28.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 203.2 PPW 532.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 374 PPW 997.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.67 PPW 6.48 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 i5 13420H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-19 (blink)Cinebench 2026384 / 1546
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-11 (Ayman alawadhi)Geekbench 6 CPU2328 / 8291
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (zen lake)Geekbench 6 CPU2249 / 9640
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-04 (indo)Cinebench 202484 / 482
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Basil)Cinebench 202493 / 514
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Intel Core 5 120U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-11 (Senna_Sempre_369)Geekbench 6 CPU2588 / 8894
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13420H and Core 5 120U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number i5-13420H 120U
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS -
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H - Intel Core 5 220U
Intel CPU rating (180th and 167th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 14x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W 55 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 384 640
TMUs 24 40
ROPs 12 20
Execution Units 48 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 13420H
1.1 TFLOPS
Core 5 120U +55%
1.7 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13420H official page Intel Core 5 120U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Total votes: 166

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Comments

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