AMD Ryzen 9 5900H vs Intel Core i3-2120

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Ryzen 9 5900H		Intel Core i3-2120
CPU comparison AMD Ryzen 9 5900H or Intel Core i3-2120 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H was released in Q2/2021. The Intel Core i3-2120 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-2120 was released in Q1/2011.

AMD Ryzen 9 (35)	Family	Intel Core i3 (205)
AMD Ryzen 5000H (11)	CPU group	Intel Core i 2000 (28)
4	Generation	2
Cezanne (Zen 3)	Architecture	Sandy Bridge S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.10 GHz (4.60 GHz). The Intel Core i3-2120 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-2120
8	Cores	2
16	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.10 GHz	Frequency	3.30 GHz
4.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-2120
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 2000
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.85 GHz
1.75 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.10 GHz
9	GPU Generation	6
7 nm	Technology	32 nm
3	Max. displays	2
8	Compute units	6
512	Shader	48
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
8 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	10.1

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 2000
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-2120 can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-2120
LPDDR4-4266, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR3-1333
64 GB	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
51.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
4.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
16.00 MB	L3 Cache	3.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	2.0
12	PCIe lanes	16
11.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Core i3-2120 is 65 W.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-2120
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
54 W	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD Ryzen 9 5900H has a 20.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i3-2120 cache has a total of 3.00 MB.
AMD Ryzen 9 5900H	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-2120
7 nm	Technology	32 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	LGA 1155
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2021	Release date	Q1/2011
--	Release price	120 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H (100%)

Intel Core i3-2120 (45%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 9 5900H (100%)

Intel Core i3-2120 (13%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1488 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	668 (45%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	8449 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1478 (17%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 1.75 GHz	1792 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 Intel HD Graphics 2000 @ 1.10 GHz	106 (6%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	21400 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1945 (9%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1478 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	12892 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	534 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	1140 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	578 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	4998 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	268 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Ryzen 9 5900H 8C 16T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-2120 2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz	783 (100%)

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