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).

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Intel Celeron 2970M

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: 1958 vs 1245
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3145 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	1958 vs 1245
PassMark - CPU mark	3145 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

1958

1245

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3145

1501

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Celeron 2970M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1958	1245
PassMark - CPU mark	3145	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	1320	1289
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)