Athlon Silver 7120U vs Athlon 300U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon 300U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.43
+22.7%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98

Athlon 300U outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 300U and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17691937
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlonno data
Power efficiency15.2512.43
Architecture codenameRaven Ridge 2 (2019)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 300U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die size209.78 mm2100 mm2
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 300U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFP5FP6
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 300U and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 300U and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1000 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes124

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.

Athlon 300U 2.43
+22.7%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1.98

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.

Athlon 300U 3867
+23%
Athlon Silver 7120U 3145

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.43 1.98
Integrated graphics card 2.98 2.85
Recency 6 January 2019 20 September 2022
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm

Athlon 300U has a 22.7% higher aggregate performance score, 4.6% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon 300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.


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