AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i7-6920HQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i7-6920HQ 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
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 1 September 2015
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-6920HQ

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.80 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 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2100 vs 1958
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7347 vs 3145
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.80 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 2100 vs 1958
PassMark - CPU mark 7347 vs 3145

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-6920HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1958
2100
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3145
7347
Name AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Core i7-6920HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 1958 2100
PassMark - CPU mark 3145 7347
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 879
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3429
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 75.451
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.613
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6093
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1660
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3486
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6093

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel Core i7-6920HQ

Essentials

Launch date 20 Sep 2022 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 1320 1237
Architecture codename Skylake
Price now $568
Processor Number i7-6920HQ
Series 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 4.99
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.90 GHz
Die size 100 mm² 122 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 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

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 64 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 35 W
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 0x191B
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 530

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 HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
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® 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)