AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Apple A12 Bionic

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Apple A12 Bionic processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Apple A12 Bionic

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 7 nm
170.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 21 Sep 2018
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)

Reasons to consider the Apple A12 Bionic

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
4 more threads: 6 vs 2
8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1989 vs 1956
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4985 vs 3142

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	6 vs 2
L2 cache	8 MB (shared) vs 512K (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1989 vs 1956
PassMark - CPU mark	4985 vs 3142

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Apple A12 Bionic

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1956

1989

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3142

4985

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Apple A12 Bionic
PassMark - Single thread mark	1956	1989
PassMark - CPU mark	3142	4985

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Apple A12 Bionic
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	21 Sep 2018
Place in performance rating	1322	1268
Architecture codename		Vortex/Tempest
OS Support		iOS 12.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 14.5, tvOS 16.2
Processor Number		APL1W81
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	1.59 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	8 MB (shared)
L3 cache	2MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	2.49 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of threads	2	6
Unlocked
Transistor count		6.9 billion
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	LPDDR4X-4266
Max memory channels		1
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size		4 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)
Graphics
Execution Units		16
Graphics base frequency		1125 MHz
iGPU core count		4