Intel Core 5 120U vs AMD Ryzen 9 270
We compared two laptop CPUs: Intel Core 5 120U with 10 cores 1.4GHz and AMD Ryzen 9 270 with 8 cores 4.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
Intel Core 5 120U 's Advantages
Lower TDP (15W vs 54W)
AMD Ryzen 9 270 's Advantages
Released 1 years late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (7500 vs 6400)
Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 83.2GB/s)
Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 1.4GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (16MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Intel Core 5 120U
2323
AMD Ryzen 9 270
+6%
2471
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Intel Core 5 120U
8109
AMD Ryzen 9 270
+56%
12705
General Parameters
Jan 2024
Release Date
Jan 2025
Intel
Manufacturer
Amd
Laptop
Type
Laptop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Raptor Lake Refresh
Core Architecture
Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
120U
Processor Number
-
BGA-1744
Socket
FP8
Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Integrated Graphics
Radeon 780M
Core 5 (Raptor Lake-U)
Generation
-
Package
-
Transistor Count
25 billions
10 nm
Manufacturing Process
4 nm
12-15 W
Power Consumption
35-54 W
55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
100°C
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
Intel
Foundry
-
-
Die Size
178 mm²
CPU Performance
2
Performance Cores
8
4
Performance Core Threads
16
1.4 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
4.0 GHz
5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.2 GHz
8
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
0.9 GHz
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
3.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
10
Total Core Count
8
12
Total Thread Count
16
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
14x
Multiplier
40
80 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
1280 K per core
L2 Cache
1 MB per core
12 MB shared
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-6400, LPDDR5x-6400, LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-7500,DDR5-5600
96 GB
Max Memory Size
256 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
83.2 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
120 GB/s
No
ECC Memory Support
No
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
300 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
1250 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2800 MHz
640
Shader Units
768
40
Texture Units
48
20
Raster Operation Units
32
80
Execution Units
12
15 W
Power Consumption
15
7680x4320 - 60 Hz
Max Resolution
-
1.41 TFLOPS
Graphics Performance
4.3 TFLOPS
AI Accelerator
-
NPU
AMD Ryzen™ AI
-
Theoretical performance
16 TOPS
