AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Intel Core i3-2120. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7000U Intel Core i 2000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i3
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  6 2
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.8 GHz 3.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x Zen 2 -
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.3 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 10.1
• Execution units
  2 6
• Generation
  9 6
• GPU Frequency
  1900 MHz 850 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 610M Intel HD Graphics 2000
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1100 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  2 -
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q1/2011
• Shader
  128 48
• Technology
  6 nm 32 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-2120 and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  44 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5 DDR3-1066DDR3-1333
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Intel Core i3-2120 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP down
  8 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Intel Core i3-2120, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Mendocino (Zen 2) Sandy Bridge S
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Codename
  Mendocino -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 3 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Part Number
  100-000000770 -
• Release date
  2022-09-20 Q1/2011
• Socket
  FT6 LGA 1155
• Technology
  TSMC 6nm FinFET 32 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT