AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Celeron N2840

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Celeron N2840 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.58 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 14% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1892 vs 670
  • 5.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3015 vs 586
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 22 May 2014
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 2.58 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 112 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1892 vs 670
PassMark - CPU mark 3015 vs 586

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron N2840

  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
  • Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 7.5 Watt vs 15 Watt
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7.5 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Celeron N2840

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1892
670
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3015
586
Name AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Celeron N2840
PassMark - Single thread mark 1892 670
PassMark - CPU mark 3015 586
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 207
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 370
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6.194
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.074
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.793
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 0.939
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1383
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1383

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Celeron N2840

Essentials

Launch date 20 Sep 2022 22 May 2014
Place in performance rating 1380 3121
Architecture codename Bay Trail
Processor Number N2840
Series Intel® Celeron® Processor N Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.16 GHz
Die size 100 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 112 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 1 MB
L3 cache 2MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 2.58 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR3L 1333
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21.32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 8 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1170
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 7.5 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 25mm x 27mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP) 4.5 W

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 4
Number of USB ports 5
PCI Express revision 2.0
Total number of SATA ports 2
USB revision 3.0 and 2.0

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 311 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 792 MHz
Graphics max frequency 792 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Secure Key technology

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Smart Connect

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)