AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i5-8550

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i5-8550 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Intel Core i5-8550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3 GHz
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

Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs September 2018
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8550

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
4718592x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	6 vs 2
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core) vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	9 MB (shared) vs 2MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8550

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i5-8550
PassMark - Single thread mark	1892
PassMark - CPU mark	3015

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i5-8550
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	September 2018
Place in performance rating	1380	not rated
Architecture codename		Coffee Lake
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	2MB (shared)	9 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of threads	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)