AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 9% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 87.025°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 22 nm
5.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 85 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1911 vs 1754

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 87.025°C
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1911 vs 1754

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
6 more threads: 8 vs 2
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8447 vs 3100

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 2
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	8447 vs 3100

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1911

1754

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3100

8447

Name	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	1911	1754
PassMark - CPU mark	3100	8447

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Xeon E5-2628 v3
Essentials
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	Q3'14
Place in performance rating	1260	1255
Architecture codename		Haswell
Processor Number		E5-2628 V3
Series		Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Embedded
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.50 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	87.025°C
Maximum frequency	3.5 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of threads	2	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65V–1.30V
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4-2133
Max memory channels		4
Maximum memory bandwidth		68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	FP6	FCLGA2011-3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	85 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	x4, x8, x16
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
PCI Express revision		3.0
Scalability		2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
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)