Athlon Silver 7120C vs A10-6800K

Primary details

Comparing A10-6800K and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1920	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.33	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	1.90	no data
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$142	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A10-6800K and Athlon Silver 7120C basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	4.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,303 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on A10-6800K and Athlon Silver 7120C compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FM2	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-6800K and Athlon Silver 7120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-6800K and Athlon Silver 7120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-6800K and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-6800K and Athlon Silver 7120C integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-6800K and Athlon Silver 7120C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 11

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-6800K and Athlon Silver 7120C.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	1.38	2.85
Recency	1 June 2013	20 September 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

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