Athlon Silver 7120U vs Athlon 200GE

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 200GE and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1721	1926
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.27	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon	no data
Power efficiency	7.01	12.51
Architecture codename	Zen (2017−2020)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	6 September 2018 (6 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$55	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon 200GE 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Multiplier	32	no data
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	100 mm2
Number of transistors	4950 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 200GE 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	AM4	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon Silver 7120U. 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	+	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 200GE and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	12	4

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.64	2.02
Integrated graphics card	2.98	2.85
Recency	6 September 2018	20 September 2022
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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