AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Pentium Gold 4415U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Pentium Gold 4415U 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, 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 Pentium Gold 4415U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 52% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1958 vs 1280
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3145 vs 2237

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 1 March 2017
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache	512K (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1958 vs 1280
PassMark - CPU mark	3145 vs 2237

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium Gold 4415U

2 more threads: 4 vs 2
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Number of threads	4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95°C
L3 cache	2 MB vs 2MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Pentium Gold 4415U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1958

1280

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3145

2237

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Pentium Gold 4415U
PassMark - Single thread mark	1958	1280
PassMark - CPU mark	3145	2237
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		525
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1212
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		4340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		844
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5044
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		844
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2898
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5044

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Pentium Gold 4415U
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	1 March 2017
Place in performance rating	1320	1305
Architecture codename		Kaby Lake
Launch price (MSRP)		$161
Processor Number		4415U
Series		Intel® Pentium® Processor 4000 Series
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.30 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512 KB
L3 cache	2MB (shared)	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	2.3 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		4 GT/s OPI
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		32 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		10 W
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		10
PCI Express revision		2.0
Graphics
Device ID		0x5906
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		32 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® HD Graphics 610
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® 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 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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)