AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel N95

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel N95 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 N95

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 7 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1956 vs 1931

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1956 vs 1931

Reasons to consider the Intel N95

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95°C
3145728x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5360 vs 3142

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 95°C
L3 cache	6 MB vs 2MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	5360 vs 3142

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel N95

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1956

1931

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3142

5360

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel N95
PassMark - Single thread mark	1956	1931
PassMark - CPU mark	3142	5360

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel N95
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	Q1'23
Place in performance rating	1321	1301
Architecture codename		Alder Lake-N
Processor Number		N95
Series		Intel Processor N-series
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2MB (shared)	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	105°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	2	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4 3200 MT/s, DDR5 4800 MT/s, LPDDR5 4800 MT/s
Max memory channels		1
Maximum memory size		16 GB
Supported memory frequency		4800 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Package Size		35mm x 24mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes		9
USB revision		2.0/3.2
Graphics
Device ID		0x46D2
Execution Units		16
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.20 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096 x 2160@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.6
Security & Reliability
Intel® OS Guard
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading 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)