Intel Core i7-1060NG7 vs AMD RX-421BD

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i7-1060NG7 and AMD RX-421BD processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-1060NG7

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Launch date 20 Mar 2020 vs 21 October 2015
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-421BD

  • Around 89374% higher clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 3.80 GHz
  • Around 67% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Maximum frequency 3400 MHz vs 3.80 GHz
L1 cache 320 KB vs 192 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i7-1060NG7
CPU 2: AMD RX-421BD

Name Intel Core i7-1060NG7 AMD RX-421BD
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 950
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2326
PassMark - Single thread mark 1874
PassMark - CPU mark 6492
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 10.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7025

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i7-1060NG7 AMD RX-421BD

Essentials

Architecture codename Ice Lake Merlin Falcon
Launch date 20 Mar 2020 21 October 2015
Place in performance rating 1657 1721
Processor Number i7-1060NG7 RX-421BD
Series 10th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Family AMD R-Series

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.20 GHz 2100 MHz
Bus Speed 4 GT/s
L1 cache 192 KB 320 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz 3400 MHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 8 4
Die size 1073 mm2

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 58.3 GB/s 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4-3733 DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
ECC memory support

Graphics

Device ID 0x8A51
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz 800 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel Iris Plus Graphics Radeon R7 series
Number of pipelines 512
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3 3
DVI

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 5120 x 3200
Max resolution over eDP 5120 x 3200
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096 x 2304

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenGL 4.5 4.4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 22 mm x 16.5 mm micro-BGA
Sockets supported BGA 1526 BGA (FP4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP 12-35 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0
UART
USB revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)