Component comparison

Core 5 120U vs Core i5-1135G7

Core 5 120U vs Core i5-1135G7 — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.

Advantages

A Core 5 120U
  • + Release year (+4)
  • + Cores (+6)
  • + Threads (+4)
  • + Boost clock (GHz) (+0.80 GHz)
  • + L1 cache (KB) (+848 KB)
  • + L3 cache (MB) (+4 MB)
  • + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+493)
  • + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+2476)
  • + Normalized score (+16.7)
B Core i5-1135G7
  • + Base clock (GHz) (+0.10 GHz)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
Core 5 120U
Component B
Core i5-1135G7
Release year 2024 (+4) 2020
Cores 10 (+6) 4
Threads 12 (+4) 8
Base clock (GHz) 1.40 GHz 1.50 GHz (+0.10 GHz)
Boost clock (GHz) 5.00 GHz (+0.80 GHz) 4.20 GHz
L1 cache (KB) 928 KB (+848 KB) 80 KB
L2 cache (KB) 1,280 KB
L3 cache (MB) 12 MB (+4 MB) 8 MB
Bandwidth (GB/s)
Memory channels 2
Max memory (GB) 64 GB
TGP / TDP (W) 15 W 15 W
Lithography (nm) 10 nm 10 nm
Critical temp (°C) 100 °C 100 °C
PassMark (overall) 9,331
PassMark (single-thread)
Geekbench 5 (single-core) 2,082 (+493) 1,589
Geekbench 5 (multi-core) 6,965 (+2476) 4,489
Normalized score 74.6 (+16.7) 57.9

Only in component B

avx512 FMA

In both

AVX AVX2 AES-NI VT-x VT-d
Based on the comparison: Core 5 120U wins 9 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).