AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i7-10510Y

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i7-10510Y 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.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Intel Core i7-10510Y

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
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1956 vs 1895

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 21 Aug 2019
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1956 vs 1895

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-10510Y

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
6 more threads: 8 vs 2
Around 29% higher clock speed: 4.50 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 vs 95°C
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4194304x 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 56% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4905 vs 3142

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.50 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100 vs 95°C
L1 cache	256 KB vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB vs 2MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	7 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	4905 vs 3142

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-10510Y

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1956

1895

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3142

4905

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i7-10510Y
PassMark - Single thread mark	1956	1895
PassMark - CPU mark	3142	4905

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i7-10510Y
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	21 Aug 2019
Place in performance rating	1321	1329
Architecture codename		Amber Lake Y
Launch price (MSRP)		$403
Processor Number		i7-10510Y
Series		10th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	1.20 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	2MB (shared)	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	4.50 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2	8
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		4.5 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		400 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		1.15 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
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)