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Intel Core 5 120U vs Qualcomm Snapdragon C

Intel Core 5 120U
51.6Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon C
—Inno Score
59.8Single-core—
36.2Multi-core—
75.3Efficiencyspec-based73.3
50.3Platformspec-based28.9
3 spec wins — Intel Core 5 120U2 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon C

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Qualcomm Snapdragon C 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

  • 67% higher Boost clock: 5 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • 50% higher threads: 12 vs 8
  • 25% higher cores: 10 vs 8

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon C

  • 40% lower process: 6 nm vs 10 nm

General

General comparison: Intel Core 5 120U versus Qualcomm Snapdragon C
SpecIntel Core 5 120UQualcomm Snapdragon C
Announced20242026
Process10 nm6 nm+40%
Base TDP15 W—
Max TDP55 W—

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: Intel Core 5 120U versus Qualcomm Snapdragon C
SpecIntel Core 5 120UQualcomm Snapdragon C
Cores10+25%8
Performance cores2—
Efficiency cores8—
Threads12+50%8
Base clock1.4 GHz—
Boost clock5 GHz+67%3 GHz
L3 cache12 MB—

Integrated GPU

Integrated GPU comparison: Intel Core 5 120U versus Qualcomm Snapdragon C
SpecIntel Core 5 120UQualcomm Snapdragon C
iGPUIntel Iris Xe (80 EU)Qualcomm Adreno A643
iGPU clock1,300 MHz900 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: Intel Core 5 120U versus Qualcomm Snapdragon C
SpecIntel Core 5 120UQualcomm Snapdragon C
Memory supportLPDDR5X-5200 / DDR5-5200 / DDR4-3200 / LPDDR4X-4267—
Max memory96 GB—

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Intel Core 5 120U versus Qualcomm Snapdragon C
SpecIntel Core 5 120UQualcomm Snapdragon C
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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