iconcharts
0

CPU Benchmarks

Over 1,000,000 CPUs Benchmarked

Intel Core 5 120U

Benchmarks for the Intel Core 5 120U can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Intel Core 5 120U

Description: Intel Graphics

Class: Mobile/Embedded

Socket: FCBGA1744

Total Cores: 10 Cores, 12 Threads

Performance Cores: 2 Cores, 4 Threads, 1.4 GHz Base, 5.0 GHz Turbo

Efficient Cores: 8 Cores, 8 Threads, 0.9 GHz Base, 3.8 GHz Turbo

Typical TDP: 15 W

TDP Down: 12 W

TDP Up: 55 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1280 KB
L3 Cache: 12 MB

Cache per Eff. CPU Package:
Eff. L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 64 KB
Eff. L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
Eff. L2 Cache: 2 x 2048 KB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 96 GB (Up to DDR5 5200 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5/x 6400 MT)

Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) 5 120U, Intel Core 5 120U, Intel 5 120U

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2024

CPUmark/$Price: 49.91

Overall Rank:
975th fastest in multithreading out of 5270 CPUs
267th fastest in single threading out of 5270 CPUs
53rd fastest in out of 1151 Mobile/Embedded CPUs

Last Price Change: $340.00 USD (2024-01-01)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
16970
Single Thread Rating
3741

Samples: 555*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core 5 120U

Integer Math57,195 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math39,990 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers64 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting21,563 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption11,807 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression186,749 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,093 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions10,363 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,741 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of July 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core 5 120U

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 8th of July 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 8th of July 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

Search for Intel Core 5 120U
from the Featured Merchants below:
Amazon.com
Newegg.com
bestbuy.com
EBay.com
Note: PassMark Software may earn compensation for sales from links on this site through affiliate programs.

Pricing History


CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Mobile/Embedded CPUs
As of 14th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
 24,891
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
 18,243
Intel Core 5 120U
 16,970
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 14,148
Intel Core i7-1265U
 13,386
Intel Core i5-1235U
 12,916
Apple A15 Bionic
 9,891
Apple A14 Bionic
 8,554
Apple A13 Bionic
 5,751
Intel N100
 5,392
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G
 3,793
CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 14th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core 5 120U
 49.91
Intel N100
 42.12
Intel Core i5-1235U
 41.80
Intel Core i7-1265U
 31.42
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
 NA
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G
 NA
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
 NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 NA
Apple A15 Bionic
 NA
Apple A14 Bionic
 NA
Apple A13 Bionic
 NA
Single Thread Rating
As of 14th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average Thread Rating
Intel Core 5 120U
 3,741
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz
 3,680
Apple A15 Bionic
 3,588
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
 3,587
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8540U
 3,545
Apple A14 Bionic
 3,390
Intel Core i5-1235U
 3,150
Intel Core i7-1265U
 3,146
Apple A13 Bionic
 2,341
Intel N100
 1,907
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G
 1,832
Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core 5 120U
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2761648 - Jul 13 2025
16402
BL2756118 - Jul 11 2025
17360
BL2756114 - Jul 11 2025
17781
BL2756113 - Jul 11 2025
18138
BL2755577 - Jul 11 2025
9747
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Core 5 120U
As of 14th of July 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core 5 120U
 16,970
Intel Core i5-1235U vs Intel Core 5 120U
 12,916 (-23.9%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V vs Intel Core 5 120U
 18,683 (+10.1%)
Intel Core i5-1245U vs Intel Core 5 120U
 13,172 (-22.4%)
Apple M3 8 Core vs Intel Core 5 120U
 19,186 (+13.1%)
Intel Core i3-1315UE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 8,751 (-48.4%)
Intel Core i3-1315UE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 8,751 (-48.4%)
Intel Core i5-1340PE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 17,476 (+3.0%)
Intel Core i3-1220PE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 16,146 (-4.9%)
Intel Core i5-1335UE vs Intel Core 5 120U
 10,863 (-36.0%)
Intel Core Ultra 5 238V vs Intel Core 5 120U
 18,615 (+9.7%)
Intel Core i7-1265U vs Intel Core 5 120U
 13,386 (-21.1%)
Apple M4 10 Core vs Intel Core 5 120U
 23,958 (+41.2%)