5 120HL vs Ryzen 7 4800U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 4800U and Core 5 120HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking737not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)no data
Power efficiency66.28no data
Architecture codenameRenoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)Raptor Lake-PS (2024)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)8 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 4800U and Core 5 120HL 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz4.7 GHz
Multiplier18no data
L1 cache512 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm10 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 4800U and Core 5 120HL 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 configuration11
SocketFP61700
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 4800U and Core 5 120HL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 4800U and Core 5 120HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 4800U and Core 5 120HL are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 4800U and Core 5 120HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Maximum memory bandwidth68.27 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 4800U and Core 5 120HL.

PCIe version3.04.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 January 2020 8 April 2024
Physical cores 8 12
Chip lithography 7 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

Ryzen 7 4800U has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

5 120HL, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and 50% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 4800U and Core 5 120HL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Ryzen 7 4800U is a notebook processor while Core 5 120HL is a desktop one.


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