AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and AMD Ryzen 5 3500C processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 12 nm

Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 22 Sep 2020
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 12 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
6 more threads: 8 vs 2
Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95°C
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1984 vs 1958
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5682 vs 3145

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 95°C
L1 cache	384 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB vs 2MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1984 vs 1958
PassMark - CPU mark	5682 vs 3145

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3500C

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1958

1984

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3145

5682

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
PassMark - Single thread mark	1958	1984
PassMark - CPU mark	3145	5682

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	22 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	1320	1253
Architecture codename		Zen+
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray		YM350CC4T4MFG
Series		AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	2MB (shared)	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	12 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	105°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2	8
Unlocked
Compute Cores		12
Number of GPU cores		8
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)
Graphics
Graphics max frequency		1200 MHz
iGPU core count		8
Processor graphics		Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture