Athlon Silver 7120U vs A6-7310

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Aggregate performance score

A6-7310
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.69
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98
+17.2%

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms A6-7310 by a moderate 17% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6-7310 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20601940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiency6.4012.49
Architecture codenameCarrizo-L (2015)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date7 May 2015 (9 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-7310 and Athlon Silver 7120U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors930 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A6-7310 and Athlon Silver 7120U 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)12-25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7310 and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VTXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVX++
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7310 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7310 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1866DDR5 Dual-channel
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R4 GraphicsAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7310 and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7310 and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7310 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6-7310 1.69
Athlon Silver 7120U 1.98
+17.2%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A6-7310 2689
Athlon Silver 7120U 3145
+17%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A6-7310 228
Athlon Silver 7120U 968
+325%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A6-7310 592
Athlon Silver 7120U 1599
+170%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.69 1.98
Recency 7 May 2015 20 September 2022
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

A6-7310 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 25% lower power consumption.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has a 17.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon Silver 7120U is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-7310 in performance tests.


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