Entry-Level Doesn't Equal Weak: Intel Wildcat Lake Core 5 320's Multi-Core Performance Surpasses MacBook Neo by 27%
Intel's Wildcat Lake architecture entry-level processor, the Core 5 320, recently completed performance testing on the PassMark platform. Its multi-core performance is 27% higher than the A18 Pro chip equipped in the Apple MacBook Neo, while single-core performance is roughly equivalent. This 6-core chip is designed for affordable, lightweight laptops, featuring 2 high-performance cores and 4 efficiency cores, with a maximum boost clock of 4.6GHz for the performance cores and 3.4GHz for the efficiency cores.
In terms of single-core scores, the Core 5 320 achieved 4047 points, which is roughly on par with the A18 Pro chip equipped in the Apple MacBook Neo.
Multi-core performance is more prominent, scoring 15222 points with its 6-core, 6-thread specification, approximately 27% ahead of the A18 Pro chip in the Apple MacBook Neo.
Among mainstream x86 competitors, the Core 5 320's single-core score surpasses the Intel Lunar Lake architecture's Core Ultra 5 236V and the AMD Strix Point architecture's Ryzen AI 5 340. However, limited by the number of cores and threads, its multi-core performance is inferior to these two products.
In terms of graphics performance, the Core 5 320 is equipped with 2 Xe3 cores, compared to the 8 Xe2 cores on the Intel Lunar Lake platform, representing only one-quarter of the latter's scale, but the final performance only decreased by 50%.
It should be noted that the Core 5 320 is only the entry-level model of the Wildcat Lake product line. The higher-end versions of this series will have higher CPU and integrated graphics clock speeds, further enhancing their overall performance.