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AMD Ryzen 9 3900 vs Intel Core 5 processor 120UL

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

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AMD Ryzen 9 3900

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Intel Core 5 processor 120UL

Multi-core performance

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AMD Ryzen 9 3900

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Intel Core 5 processor 120UL

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

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Monero Hashrate
94 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3900	Intel Core 5 processor 120UL
Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (43)	Intel Core 5 (13)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000 (15)	Intel Core processors - Desktop (Series 1) (10)
Architecture	Matisse (Zen 2)	Raptor Lake
Technology	7 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)	LGA 1700
Predecessor
Successor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3900	Intel Core 5 processor 120UL
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 24	10 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	12x 3.10 - 4.30 GHz	2x Redwood Cove 4.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Crestmont 3.40 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	64.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3900	Intel Core 5 processor 120UL
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency		0.40 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	80 / 640
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		4
Max. GPU Memory		32 GB
Technology		10 nm
Release date		Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3900	Intel Core 5 processor 120UL
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3900	Intel Core 5 processor 120UL
Memory	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	96 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	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 9 3900	Intel Core 5 processor 120UL
TDP	65 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)		55 W
TDP up		28 W
TDP down		12 W
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 3900	Intel Core 5 processor 120UL
Chip design	Chiplet	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, AVX2, FMA3	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q3/2019	Q2/2024
Release price	485 $	277 $
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 9 3900 is 4.3 stars (9 ratings), while Intel Core 5 processor 120UL has received 1.0 stars (1 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C / 24T · 3.10 - 4.30 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core 5 processor 120UL
10C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

★★★★★