AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i3-10110Y

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i3-10110Y 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 21 Aug 2019
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 512 KB

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-10110Y

  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 14% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 vs 95°C
  • 2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 7 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2020 vs 1956
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3297 vs 3142
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100 vs 95°C
L3 cache 4 MB vs 2MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 7 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2020 vs 1956
PassMark - CPU mark 3297 vs 3142

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-10110Y

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1956
2020
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3142
3297
Name AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Core i3-10110Y
PassMark - Single thread mark 1956 2020
PassMark - CPU mark 3142 3297

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Core i3-10110Y

Essentials

Launch date 20 Sep 2022 21 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating 1321 1275
Architecture codename Amber Lake Y
Processor Number i3-10110Y
Series 10th Generation Intel Core i3 Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 1.00 GHz
Die size 100 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 2MB (shared) 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel LPDDR3-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 33.33 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 UTFCBGA1377
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 7 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 5.5 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 700 MHz
Configurable TDP-up 9 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency 1.50 GHz
Package Size 26.5mm x 18.5mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Max number of PCIe lanes 10
PCI Express revision 3.0

Graphics

Device ID 0x87CA
Execution Units 24
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 16 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

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)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
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)