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Intel Core 5 processor 120U vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

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

Rank ?

Intel Core 5 processor 120U

Rank ?

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core 5 processor 120U

Rank 2 - 90 %

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)

1,549

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)

1,612

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core 5 processor 120U	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Family	Intel Core 5 (13)	AMD Ryzen 5 (100)
CPU group	Intel Core processors - Mobile (Series 1) (3)	AMD Ryzen 5000U (13)
Architecture	Raptor Lake U	Cezanne (Zen 3)
Technology	10 nm	7 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket	BGA 1744	FP6
Predecessor		AMD Ryzen 5 4600U
Successor		AMD Ryzen 5 6600U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core 5 processor 120U	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
CPU Cores / Threads	10 / 12	6 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	2x Redwood Cove 1.40 - 5.00 GHz	6x 2.30 - 4.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Crestmont 0.90 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	3.00 MB
L3-Cache		16.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core 5 processor 120U	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
GPU name	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (Renoir)
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.25 GHz	0.40 - 1.80 GHz
CUs / Shader	80 / 640	7 / 448
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	4	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB	2 GB
Technology	10 nm	7 nm
Release date	Q1/2022	Q1/2020

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core 5 processor 120U	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
AI hardware	Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications	Intel Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost)
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core 5 processor 120U	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) DDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) LPDDR4-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	96 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	4.0 x 20	3.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s	11.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core 5 processor 120U	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
TDP	15 W	15 W
TDP (PL2)	55 W
TDP up		25 W
TDP down	12 W	10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core 5 processor 120U	AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date	Q1/2024	Q1/2021
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 Intel Core 5 processor 120U is 4.2 stars (117 ratings), while AMD Ryzen 5 5600U has received 4.2 stars (38 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

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

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U
6C / 12T · 2.30 - 4.20 GHz

★★★★★