5 120U vs Iris Graphics 48

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Primary details

Comparing Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated750
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Iris GraphicsRaptor Lake-U
Power efficiencyno data65.08
Architecture codenameGen9Raptor Lake-U Refresh (2024)
Release dateno data8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U 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 coresno data10 (Deca-Core)
Threadsno data12
Base clock speedno data1.4 GHz
Boost clock speed0.3 GHz5 GHz
Bus rateno data55 MHz
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mmIntel 7 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Maximum memory size65,536 MB 67,108,864 KB 68,719,476,736 B 0.0625 TiB 64 GB96 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® Graphics
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.25 GHz
Execution Unitsno data80

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Iris Graphics 48 and Core 5 120U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


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