AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i3-370M

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i3-370M 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Intel Core i3-370M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

CPU is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 46% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 90°C for rPGA, 105°C for BGA
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 32 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1892 vs 976
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3015 vs 1168

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 10 January 2010
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 90°C for rPGA, 105°C for BGA
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache	512K (per core) vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1892 vs 976
PassMark - CPU mark	3015 vs 1168

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-370M

2 more threads: 4 vs 2
1572864x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of threads	4 vs 2
L3 cache	3072 KB vs 2MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-370M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1892

976

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3015

1168

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i3-370M
PassMark - Single thread mark	1892	976
PassMark - CPU mark	3015	1168
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		750
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.288
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		9.804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1.677
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.175

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i3-370M
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1380	3126
Architecture codename		Arrandale
Launch price (MSRP)		$245
Price now		$39.96
Processor Number		i3-370M
Series		Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		14.87
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.40 GHz
Die size	100 mm²	81 mm2
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	2MB (shared)	3072 KB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	90°C for rPGA, 105°C for BGA
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		2.5 GT/s DMI
Front-side bus (FSB)		2500 MHz
Transistor count		382 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR3 800/1066
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		17.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size		8 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	PGA988
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		rPGA 37.5mmx 37.5mm, BGA 34mmx28mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	1x16
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		2.0
Graphics
Graphics base frequency		500 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		667 MHz
Graphics max frequency		667 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Processor graphics		Intel HD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		2
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		36-bit
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)