AMD Ryzen 5 1500X vs Intel Core 5 120F
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2017
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Zen
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Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Processor Number
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120F
Package
Transistor Count
4.8 billions
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Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
65 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
8
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
4
6
Total Thread Count
8
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35x
25
L1 Cache
96 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
16 MB shared
18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2666
DDR5-4800,DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
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Max Memory Bandwidth
39.74 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
20
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
930
1,707
Cinebench R23
4,641
12,236
Geekbench 6
1,136
2,305
Geekbench 5
918
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Geekbench 6
3,734
9,773
Geekbench 5
3,861
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Passmark CPU
2,111
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Passmark CPU
9,063
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.