AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel N97

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel N97 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 7 nm
  • 524288x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 7 nm
L2 cache 512K (per core) vs 2MB (shared)

Reasons to consider the Intel N97

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°C vs 95°C
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2009 vs 1956
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5757 vs 3142
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 Jan 2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum core temperature 105°C vs 95°C
L1 cache 96K (per core) vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache 6MB (shared) vs 2MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2009 vs 1956
PassMark - CPU mark 5757 vs 3142

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel N97

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1956
2009
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3142
5757
Name AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel N97
PassMark - Single thread mark 1956 2009
PassMark - CPU mark 3142 5757

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Intel N97

Essentials

Launch date 20 Sep 2022 3 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating 1321 1240
Architecture codename Alder Lake-N
Launch price (MSRP) $128
Processor Number N97
Series Intel Processor N-series
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz
Die size 100 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core) 2MB (shared)
L3 cache 2MB (shared) 6MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 105°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2
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 FCBGA1264
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 12 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

Execution Units 24
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)