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AMD Ryzen 9 7950X vs Intel Core 5 processor 120HL

Last updated: 2026-07-04

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 9 7950X

Rank ?

Intel Core 5 processor 120HL

Multi-core performance

Rank ?

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Rank ?

Intel Core 5 processor 120HL

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)

563

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)

1,797

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 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

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	Intel Core 5 processor 120HL
Family	AMD Ryzen 9 (43)	Intel Core 5 (13)
CPU group	AMD Ryzen 7000 (18)	Intel Core processors - Desktop (Series 1) (10)
Architecture	Raphael (Zen 4)	Raptor Lake
Technology	5 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM5 (LGA 1718)	LGA 1700
Predecessor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Successor	AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	Intel Core 5 processor 120HL
CPU Cores / Threads	16 / 32	12 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	16x 4.50 - 5.70 GHz	4x Redwood Cove 4.70 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		8x Crestmont 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache	16.00 MB	18.00 MB
L3-Cache	64.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	Intel Core 5 processor 120HL
GPU name	AMD Radeon Graphics (Raphael)	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency	0.40 - 2.20 GHz	0.40 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader	2 / 128	80 / 640
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	4
Max. GPU Memory	8 GB	32 GB
Technology	5 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q3/2022	Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	Intel Core 5 processor 120HL
AI hardware		Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications		Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	Intel Core 5 processor 120HL
Memory	DDR5-5200 (83.2 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	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 24	4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	94.5 GB/s	39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	Intel Core 5 processor 120HL
TDP	170 W	45 W
TDP (PL2)	230 W	95 W
TDP up		65 W
TDP down		35 W
T. junction max.	95 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	Intel Core 5 processor 120HL
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,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2022	Q2/2024
Release price	699 $	279 $
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 7950X is 3.1 stars (254 ratings), while Intel Core 5 processor 120HL has received 4.7 stars (6 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
16C / 32T · 4.50 - 5.70 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core 5 processor 120HL
12C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

★★★★★