AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i3-8109U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i3-8109U 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 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
  • Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 28 Watt
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 3 April 2018
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 28 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-8109U

  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
  • 2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2122 vs 1956
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4263 vs 3142
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L3 cache 4 MB vs 2MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2122 vs 1956
PassMark - CPU mark 4263 vs 3142

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-8109U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1956
2122
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3142
4263
Name AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Core i3-8109U
PassMark - Single thread mark 1956 2122
PassMark - CPU mark 3142 4263
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 868
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2986
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2986
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1564
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3203

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Core i3-8109U

Essentials

Launch date 20 Sep 2022 3 April 2018
Place in performance rating 1322 1226
Architecture codename Coffee Lake
Processor Number i3-8109U
Series 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 3.00 GHz
Die size 100 mm² 123 mm
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°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1528
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 28 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 20 W
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 46x24

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0

Graphics

Device ID 0x3EA5
eDRAM 128 MB
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Graphics max frequency 300 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics 655

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@30Hz

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)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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