AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i7-6567U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i7-6567U 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 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 1 September 2015
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 i7-6567U

  • 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 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2077 vs 1956
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3662 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 2077 vs 1956
PassMark - CPU mark 3662 vs 3142

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-6567U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1956
2077
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3142
3662
Name AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Core i7-6567U
PassMark - Single thread mark 1956 2077
PassMark - CPU mark 3142 3662
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 854
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.59
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 44.662
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.299
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.226
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.094
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3111
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2923
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3111
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2923
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6605

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Core i7-6567U

Essentials

Launch date 20 Sep 2022 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 1322 1236
Architecture codename Skylake
Processor Number i7-6567U
Series 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 3.30 GHz
Die size 100 mm²
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

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR4-2133, LPDDR3 - 1866, DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 28 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 23 W
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 42x24x1.3

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Max number of PCIe lanes 12
PCI Express revision 3.0

Graphics

Device ID 0x1927
eDRAM 64 MB
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
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® Graphics 550

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

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@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi 1080p

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® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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)