AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Celeron N4020

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Celeron N4020 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, 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 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 14% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 66% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1892 vs 1143
  • Around 94% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3015 vs 1551
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 4 Nov 2019
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 112 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1892 vs 1143
PassMark - CPU mark 3015 vs 1551

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron N4020

  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95°C
  • 4x 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
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 95°C
L2 cache 4 MB vs 512K (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Celeron N4020

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1892
1143
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3015
1551
Name AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Celeron N4020
PassMark - Single thread mark 1892 1143
PassMark - CPU mark 3015 1551
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 972
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1769
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1769

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Celeron N4020

Essentials

Launch date 20 Sep 2022 4 Nov 2019
Place in performance rating 1380 2232
Architecture codename Gemini Lake Refresh
Launch price (MSRP) $107
Processor Number N4020
Series Intel Celeron Processor N Series
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 1.10 GHz
Die size 100 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 112 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 4 MB
L3 cache 2MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 105°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 2.80 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 DDR4/LPDDR4 upto 2400 MT/s
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory size 8 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1090
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt
Package Size 25mm x 24mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP) 4.8 W

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x4 + 1x2 or 4x1 or 2x1+1x2 + 1x2
Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless Intel Wireless-AC MAC
Max number of PCIe lanes 6
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports 2
Number of USB ports 8
PCI Express revision 2.0
Total number of SATA ports 2
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.0

Graphics

Device ID 0x3185
Execution Units 12
Graphics base frequency 200 MHz
Graphics max frequency 650 MHz
Max video memory 8 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 600

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
MIPI-DSI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2160@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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