AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Celeron N4500

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Celeron N4500 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.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Intel Celeron N4500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

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 10 nm
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1892 vs 1337
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3015 vs 1906

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 10 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1892 vs 1337
PassMark - CPU mark	3015 vs 1906

Reasons to consider the Intel Celeron N4500

Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95°C
2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt

Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 95°C
L3 cache	4 MB vs 2MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Celeron N4500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1892

1337

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3015

1906

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Celeron N4500
PassMark - Single thread mark	1892	1337
PassMark - CPU mark	3015	1906

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Celeron N4500
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	Q1'21
Place in performance rating	1380	1891
Architecture codename		Jasper Lake
Processor Number		N4500
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)
L2 cache	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2MB (shared)	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	10 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 LPDDR4x
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory size		16 GB
Supported memory frequency		2933 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1338
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt
Package Size		35mm x 24mm
Scenario Design Power (SDP)		4.8 W
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)
Integrated LAN
Integrated Wireless		Intel Wireless-AX MAC
Max number of PCIe lanes		8
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports		2
Number of USB ports		14
UART
USB revision		2.0/3.2
Graphics
Device ID		0x4E55
Execution Units		16
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max frequency		750 MHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics
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
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Security & Reliability
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot
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
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)