Component comparison
Core 5 120U vs Core i5-7200U
Core 5 120U vs Core i5-7200U — detailed CPU comparison: performance, cores, frequencies.
Advantages
A
Core 5 120U
- + Release year (+8)
- + Cores (+8)
- + Threads (+8)
- + Boost clock (GHz) (+1.90 GHz)
- + L1 cache (KB) (+864 KB)
- + L3 cache (MB) (+9 MB)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Geekbench 5 (single-core) (+1574)
- + Geekbench 5 (multi-core) (+5649)
- + Normalized score (+54.0)
B
Core i5-7200U
- + Base clock (GHz) (+1.10 GHz)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
Core 5 120U
|
Component B
Core i5-7200U
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2024 (+8) | 2016 |
| Cores | 10 (+8) | 2 |
| Threads | 12 (+8) | 4 |
| Base clock (GHz) | 1.40 GHz | 2.50 GHz (+1.10 GHz) |
| Boost clock (GHz) | 5.00 GHz (+1.90 GHz) | 3.10 GHz |
| L1 cache (KB) | 928 KB (+864 KB) | 64 KB |
| L2 cache (KB) | — | 256 KB |
| L3 cache (MB) | 12 MB (+9 MB) | 3 MB |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | — | 34 GB/s |
| Memory channels | — | 2 |
| Max memory (GB) | — | 32 GB |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 15 W | 15 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 10 nm (-4 nm) | 14 nm |
| Critical temp (°C) | 100 °C | 100 °C |
| PassMark (overall) | — | 3,373 |
| PassMark (single-thread) | — | — |
| Geekbench 5 (single-core) | 2,082 (+1574) | 508 |
| Geekbench 5 (multi-core) | 6,965 (+5649) | 1,316 |
| Normalized score | 74.6 (+54.0) | 20.6 |
Only in component B
amd_v
In both
AVX
AVX2
AES-NI
VT-x
VT-d
Based on the comparison:
Core 5 120U wins 10 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).