AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i7-4910MQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i7-4910MQ 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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).

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Intel Core i7-4910MQ

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 22 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 47 Watt

Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 19 January 2014
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 47 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4910MQ

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
6 more threads: 8 vs 2
Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C 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
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2033 vs 1956
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6256 vs 3142

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 2
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache	256 KB vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB vs 2MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2033 vs 1956
PassMark - CPU mark	6256 vs 3142

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4910MQ

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1956

2033

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3142

6256

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i7-4910MQ
PassMark - Single thread mark	1956	2033
PassMark - CPU mark	3142	6256
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		908
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		14.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		93.65
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		35.756
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4828
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2784
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4828

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i7-4910MQ
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	19 January 2014
Place in performance rating	1321	1310
Architecture codename		Haswell
Launch price (MSRP)		$568
Price now		$459.95
Processor Number		i7-4910MQ
Series		4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		6.03
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.90 GHz
Die size	100 mm²	177 mm
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	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		100 °C
Transistor count		1400 Million
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR3L 1333/1600
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FCPGA946
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	47 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 37.5mm x 4.7mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3
Graphics
Device ID		0x416
Graphics base frequency		400 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.30 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.3 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		2 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA		2880x1800@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		11.2/12
OpenGL		4.3
Security & Reliability
Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)