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Intel Core Ultra 5 226V vs Core 5 120U

55 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
VS
49 out of 100
Intel Core 5 120U
Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
Intel Core 5 120U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 5 226V 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 226V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 130V integrated graphics: 3.3 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
Advantages of Intel Core 5 120U
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 5 226V
vs
Core 5 120U

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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 906.1 MB/sec 885.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 57.9 Klines/sec 51.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 253.7 pages/sec 192.4 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 269.4 Mpixels/sec 217.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 277.9 pages/sec 246 pages/sec
Background blur 46.5 images/sec 34 images/sec
Photo processing 105.2 images/sec 79.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.3 Mpixels/sec 10.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 25 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 5 226V +20%
17883
Core 5 120U
14961
Integer math 38.6 GOps/sec 52.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 52.3 GOps/sec 35.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 166M Primes/sec 53M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.9M Strings/sec 18.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.7 GBytes/sec 10.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 171.3 MBytes/sec 165.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1453 Frames/sec 932 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.8B Matrices/sec 9.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 568 & 1547 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.8 PPW 28.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 260.4 PPW 532.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 483.3 PPW 997.4 PPW
Blender / Watt - 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
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 5 226V and Core 5 120U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 226V 120U
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 130V Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Successor - - Intel Core 5 220U
Intel CPU rating (110th and 159th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 1.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 8
E-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.8 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 10
Total Threads 8 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 21x 14x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 8MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 55 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 100ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 130V Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1850 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 896 640
TMUs - 40
ROPs - 20
Execution Units - 80
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 5 226V +94%
3.3 TFLOPS
Core 5 120U
1.7 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to Arc 130V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 16 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 5 226V official page Intel Core 5 120U official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 20

Cast your vote

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Total votes: 36

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Comments

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