AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Pentium 6805

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Pentium 6805 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Intel Pentium 6805

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 10 nm
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1892 vs 1834

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 10 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1892 vs 1834

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 6805

2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
Around 25% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4424 vs 3015

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache	160 KB vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB vs 2MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	4424 vs 3015

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Pentium 6805

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1892

1834

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3015

4424

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Pentium 6805
PassMark - Single thread mark	1892	1834
PassMark - CPU mark	3015	4424

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Pentium 6805
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	Q4'20
Place in performance rating	1380	1398
Architecture codename		Ice Lake
Launch price (MSRP)		$161
Processor Number		6805
Series		Intel Pentium Processor 6800 Series
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	1.10 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	160 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	2MB (shared)	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1526
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Package Size		50mm x 25mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)
Graphics
Execution Units		32
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		850 MHz
Graphics max frequency		850 MHz
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		3
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Turbo Boost 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)