EPYC 9255 vs Athlon Silver 7120C
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 7120C and EPYC 9255 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) | no data |
| Architecture codename | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) | Turin (2024) |
| Release date | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) | 10 October 2024 (less than a year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $2,495 |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 7120C and EPYC 9255 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) | 24 (Tetracosa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 48 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.25 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | 128 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | no data | 4x 70.6 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 33,260 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 7120C and EPYC 9255 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 | no data | 2 |
| Socket | no data | SP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 200 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and EPYC 9255. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and EPYC 9255 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and EPYC 9255. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and EPYC 9255.
| PCIe version | no data | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 128 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 September 2022 | 10 October 2024 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 24 |
| Threads | 2 | 48 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 200 Watt |
Athlon Silver 7120C has 1233.3% lower power consumption.
EPYC 9255, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Athlon Silver 7120C and EPYC 9255. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon Silver 7120C is a notebook processor while EPYC 9255 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 7120C and EPYC 9255, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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