AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs AMD EPYC 3201

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and AMD EPYC 3201 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

AMD EPYC 3201

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1942 vs 1564

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 21 February 2018
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 30 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1942 vs 1564

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3201

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
6 more threads: 8 vs 2
Around 88471% higher clock speed: 3100 MHz vs 3.5 GHz
6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
8388608x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8672 vs 3124

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3100 MHz vs 3.5 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 2MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8672 vs 3124

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: AMD EPYC 3201

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1942

1564

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3124

8672

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	AMD EPYC 3201
PassMark - Single thread mark	1942	1564
PassMark - CPU mark	3124	8672

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	AMD EPYC 3201
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	21 February 2018
Place in performance rating	1333	1488
Architecture codename		Zen
Family		EPYC Embedded
Series		3000
Vertical segment		Embedded
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	1500 MHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	2MB (shared)	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	95 °C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3100 MHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of threads	2	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4-2133
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FP6	BGA (SP4r2)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	30 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	x16, x8, x4, x2
Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes		32
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports		8
Number of USB ports		4
PCI Express revision		3.0
UART
USB revision		3.0
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)