AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core 5 120F
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2021
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
AMD
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Vermeer
-
Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Processor Number
-
120F
Package
Manufacturing Process
7 nm
10 nm
Socket
AM4
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
65 W
65 W
Peak Operating Temperature
95 °C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
12
6
Performance Core Threads
24
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4.5 GHz
Total Core Count
12
6
Total Thread Count
24
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
25
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
512 K per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
32 MB shared
18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800,DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
-
Max Memory Bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,584
1,707
Cinebench R23
20,887
12,236
Geekbench 6
2,080
2,305
Geekbench 5
1,715
-
Geekbench 6
9,774
9,773
Geekbench 5
13,017
-
Blender
282
-
Passmark CPU
3,447
-
Passmark CPU
34,510
-