AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i5-8500B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i5-8500B 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.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Intel Core i5-8500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8500B

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
4 more threads: 6 vs 2
Around 17% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
Around 30% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2537 vs 1956
2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8915 vs 3142

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	6 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2537 vs 1956
PassMark - CPU mark	8915 vs 3142

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8500B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1956

2537

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3142

8915

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i5-8500B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1956	2537
PassMark - CPU mark	3142	8915
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1076
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4811

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i5-8500B
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	Q2'18
Place in performance rating	1322	1224
Architecture codename		Coffee Lake
Processor Number		i5-8500B
Series		8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	3.00 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	4.10 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of threads	2	6
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4-2666
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42mm x 28mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics
Device ID		0x3E9B
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		64 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Graphics interfaces
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)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)