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AMD Ryzen 7 7840U vs Intel Core 5 processor 120U

Last updated: 2026-06-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank ?

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

Rank ?

Intel Core 5 processor 120U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U

Rank 2 - 68 %

Intel Core 5 processor 120U

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Radeon 780M

4,201

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)

1,549

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
Family	AMD Ryzen 7 (79)	Intel Core 5 (13)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 7040 (21)	Intel Core processors - Mobile (Series 1) (3)
Architecture	Phoenix (Zen 4)	Raptor Lake U
Technology	4 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	FP8	BGA 1744
Predecessor
Successor	AMD Ryzen 7 8840U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 16	10 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Zen 4 3.30 - 5.10 GHz	2x Redwood Cove 1.40 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Crestmont 0.90 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	8.00 MB	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
GPU name	AMD Radeon 780M	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency	0.80 - 2.70 GHz	0.35 - 1.25 GHz
CUs / Shader	12 / 768	80 / 640
Raytracing	✓	✗
Max. displays	4	4
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	32 GB
Technology	4 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q1/2023	Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
AI hardware	AMD Ryzen™ AI	Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications	AMD dedicated AI XDNA Technology	Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
Memory	LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	256 GB	96 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	4.0 x 20	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
TDP	28 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)		55 W
TDP up	30 W
TDP down	15 W	12 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 7 7840U	Intel Core 5 processor 120U
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2023	Q1/2024
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of AMD Ryzen 7 7840U is 4.7 stars (106 ratings), while Intel Core 5 processor 120U has received 4.2 stars (118 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
8C / 16T · 3.30 - 5.10 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core 5 processor 120U
10C / 12T · 1.40 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★