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Intel Core 5 120U vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100

Intel Core 5 120U
51.6Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
—Inno Score
59.8Single-core—
36.2Multi-core—
75.3Efficiencyspec-based93.3
50.3Platformspec-based58.7
3 spec wins — Intel Core 5 120U5 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Intel Core 5 120U

  • 100% higher Efficiency cores: 8 vs 4
  • 25% higher Boost clock: 5 GHz vs 4 GHz
  • 20% higher threads: 12 vs 10

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100

  • 200% higher Performance cores: 6 vs 2
  • 183% higher L3 cache: 34 MB vs 12 MB
  • 70% lower process: 3 nm vs 10 nm
  • 33% higher Max memory: 128 GB vs 96 GB

General

General comparison: Intel Core 5 120U versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecIntel Core 5 120UQualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Announced20242026
Process10 nm3 nm+70%
Base TDP15 W—
Max TDP55 W—

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Intel Core 5 120U versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecIntel Core 5 120UQualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Cores1010
Performance cores26+200%
Efficiency cores8+100%4
Threads12+20%10
Base clock1.4 GHz—
Boost clock5 GHz+25%4 GHz
L3 cache12 MB34 MB+183%

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Intel Core 5 120U versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecIntel Core 5 120UQualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
iGPUIntel Iris Xe (80 EU)Qualcomm Adreno X2-45
iGPU clock1,300 MHz1,700 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Intel Core 5 120U versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecIntel Core 5 120UQualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Memory supportLPDDR5X-5200 / DDR5-5200 / DDR4-3200 / LPDDR4X-4267LPDDR5x-9523
Max memory96 GB128 GB+33%

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Intel Core 5 120U versus Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
SpecIntel Core 5 120UQualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-64-100
Geekbench 6 (single)2,469Bottom 50%—
Geekbench 6 (multi)9,070Bottom 33%—
Cinebench R23 (single)1,757Top 45%—
Cinebench R23 (multi)6,659Bottom 19%—
PassMark14,877Bottom 30%—

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