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Is the Intel Core 5 120 Good for Gaming?
This is a newly released CPU that contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. The Intel Core 5 120 also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 730
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1700
Clockspeed: 2.5 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.5 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 65 W
TDP Up: 110 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 1280 KB
L3 Cache: 18 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 192 GB (Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) 5 120
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2025
CPUmark/$Price: 102.51
Overall Rank:
802nd fastest in multithreading out of 5487 CPUs
340th fastest in single threading out of 5487 CPUs
263rd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $211.00 USD (2025-07-01)
| Integer Math | 66,346 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 51,449 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 78 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 25,747 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 13,072 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 256,990 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,331 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 17,447 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 3,674 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,548 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,356 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,952 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,148 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,845 | |
| Intel Core 5 120 | 21,629 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,544 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,109 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,685 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,651 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 282.23 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 160.91 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 159.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 133.16 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.16 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 106.30 | |
| Intel Core 5 120 | 102.51 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.74 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,696 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,601 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,889 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core 5 120 | 3,674 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,487 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,915 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3072521 - Nov 21 2025 | 21629 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 5 120 | 21,629 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 8600G vs Intel Core 5 120 | 25,241 (+16.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 8400F vs Intel Core 5 120 | 24,558 (+13.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core 5 120 | 27,015 (+24.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500F vs Intel Core 5 120 | 26,716 (+23.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600XT vs Intel Core 5 120 | 22,336 (+3.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-14400F vs Intel Core 5 120 | 25,634 (+18.5%) | |
| Intel Core i5-14400 vs Intel Core 5 120 | 25,299 (+17.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600T vs Intel Core 5 120 | 22,008 (+1.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Intel Core 5 120 | 26,609 (+23.0%) | |
| Intel Core i5-13400F vs Intel Core 5 120 | 25,022 (+15.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core 5 120 | 24,359 (+12.6%) | |
| Intel Core 5 120F vs Intel Core 5 120 | 21,477 (-0.7%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,444 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,126 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,255 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,796 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,513 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,448 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,270 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,246 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,670 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,477 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,412 | |
| Intel Core 5 120 | 4,078 |