AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i7-8550U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i7-8550U 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 i7-8550U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm

Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 21 August 2017
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-8550U

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
6 more threads: 8 vs 2
Around 14% higher clock speed: 4.00 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: 2026 vs 1892
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5849 vs 3015

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 2
Maximum frequency	4.00 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	2026 vs 1892
PassMark - CPU mark	5849 vs 3015

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-8550U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1892

2026

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3015

5849

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i7-8550U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1892	2026
PassMark - CPU mark	3015	5849
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		814
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2456
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		2686
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.494
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		65.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		1.792
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3395
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5482
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1724
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3395
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5482

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i7-8550U
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	21 August 2017
Place in performance rating	1380	1387
Architecture codename		Kaby Lake R
Launch price (MSRP)		$409
Processor Number		i7-8550U
Series		8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	1.80 GHz
Die size	100 mm²	123 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	4.00 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		4 GT/s OPI
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
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	FC-BGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		10 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up		25 W
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		2.00 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42mm X 24mm
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		0x5917
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		32 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® UHD Graphics 620
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
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
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.4
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
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)