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Intel Core 5 120F
Intel's six-core desktop chip in the Core (Series 1) family for LGA1700: 6 performance cores and 12 threads on Intel 7, 2.5 GHz base and up to 4.5 GHz boost, 18 MB cache, 65 W base power and no integrated graphics, with a $196 recommended price and a Q3 2025 launch.
Pros
- 6 performance cores and 12 threads with boost up to 4.5 GHz
- 18 MB shared cache plus 7.5 MB of L2 cache
- 65 W base power on an LGA1700 platform that accepts either DDR5-4800 or DDR4-3200 memory
- PCIe 5.0 and 4.0 support with 20 CPU lanes
Cons
- No integrated graphics, so a discrete GPU is required for any display output
- Only six cores and 12 threads with no E-cores, fewer threads than 10-core, 16-thread Core i5 chips
- Same six-core, 12-thread layout as the 2022 Core i5-12400F, with a boost clock only 100 MHz higher
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: single-core and multi-core still need a published benchmark result. The sub-scores below come from the spec sheet.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Intel Core 5 120F
General
- Announced
- 2025
- Socket
- LGA1700
- Process
- 10 nm
- Base TDP
- 65 W
- Max turbo power
- 110 W
- Unlocked multiplier
- No
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 6
- Performance cores
- 6
- Efficiency cores
- 0
- Threads
- 12
- Base clock
- 2.5 GHz
- Boost clock
- 4.5 GHz
- L2 cache
- 7.5 MB
- L3 cache
- 18 MB
Memory
- Memory support
- DDR5-4800 / DDR4-3200
- Max memory
- 192 GB
- Memory channels
- 2
Platform
- PCIe version
- 5
- CPU PCIe lanes
- 20
Quick answers
Is the Intel Core 5 120F good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Intel Core 5 120F yet: there are no published single-core and multi-core benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. Intel's six-core desktop chip in the Core (Series 1) family for LGA1700: 6 performance cores and 12 threads on Intel 7, 2.5 GHz base and up to 4.5 GHz boost, 18 MB cache, 65 W base power and no integrated graphics, with a $196 recommended price and a Q3 2025 launch.
What are the key specs of the Intel Core 5 120F?
Cores: 6 · Threads: 12 · Boost clock: 4.5 GHz · Socket: LGA1700
What are the closest alternatives to the Intel Core 5 120F?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT, AMD Ryzen 5 5500F, AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
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