AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Celeron 2970M

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Celeron 2970M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 59% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 37 Watt
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1956 vs 1245
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3142 vs 1501
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 14 April 2014
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 37 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1956 vs 1245
PassMark - CPU mark 3142 vs 1501

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron 2970M

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
  • 1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L3 cache 2 MB vs 2MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Celeron 2970M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1956
1245
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3142
1501
Name AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Celeron 2970M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1956 1245
PassMark - CPU mark 3142 1501
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 684
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 684
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Celeron 2970M

Essentials

Launch date 20 Sep 2022 14 April 2014
Place in performance rating 1321 1292
Architecture codename Haswell
Launch price (MSRP) $75
Processor Number 2970M
Series Intel® Celeron® Processor 2000 Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.20 GHz
Die size 100 mm² 130 mm
L1 cache 64K (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 2MB (shared) 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Transistor count 960 Million

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR3L 1333/1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCPGA946
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 37 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm x 4.7mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8 2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 400 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)