Ryzen 5 5600H vs i3-7120T

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Primary details

Comparing Core i3-7120T and Ryzen 5 5600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated739
Place by popularitynot in top-10043
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i3AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiencyno data22.42
Architecture codenameKaby Lake (2016−2019)Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date17 July 2017 (7 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$117no data

Detailed specifications

Core i3-7120T and Ryzen 5 5600H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate8 GT/sno data
Multiplier3533
L1 cache128 KB384 KB
L2 cache512 KB3 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)16 MB
Chip lithography14 nm7 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)65 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-7120T and Ryzen 5 5600H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
Socket1151FP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-7120T and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI++
FMA-+
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-7120T and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-7120T and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 630AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 ( - 1800 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-7120T and Ryzen 5 5600H.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 3.11 7.47
Recency 17 July 2017 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

i3-7120T has 28.6% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5600H, on the other hand, has 140.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core i3-7120T and Ryzen 5 5600H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i3-7120T is a desktop processor while Ryzen 5 5600H is a notebook one.


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