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.
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 1956
- Around 81% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5682 vs 3142
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 1956 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 5682 vs 3142 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon Silver 7120U | AMD Ryzen 5 3500C |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1956 | 1984 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 3142 | 5682 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U | AMD Ryzen 5 3500C | |
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Essentials |
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Launch date | 20 Sep 2022 | 22 Sep 2020 |
Place in performance rating | 1321 | 1252 |
Architecture codename | Zen+ | |
Family | AMD Ryzen Processors | |
OPN Tray | YM350CC4T4MFG | |
Series | AMD Ryzen 5 Mobile | |
Vertical segment | Mobile | |
Performance |
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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 |
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ECC memory support | ||
Supported memory types | DDR5, Dual-channel | |
Max memory channels | 2 | |
Supported memory frequency | 2400 MHz | |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Sockets supported | FP6 | FP5 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Peripherals |
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PCIe configurations | Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) | |
Graphics |
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Graphics max frequency | 1200 MHz | |
iGPU core count | 8 | |
Processor graphics | Radeon Vega 8 Graphics | |
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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AMD SenseMI | ||
FreeSync | ||
The "Zen" Core Architecture |