Ryzen 7 8700F vs Athlon Silver 7120C

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 8700F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated293
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data55.81
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)no data
Power efficiencyno data28.43
Architecture codenameMendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)Phoenix (2023−2024)
Release date20 September 2022 (2 years ago)1 April 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$270

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 8700F 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)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed2.4 GHz4.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data178 mm2
Number of transistorsno data25,000 million
64 bit support++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 8700F 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
Socketno dataAM5
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 8700F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 8700F are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 8700F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 8700F.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 September 2022 1 April 2024
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 6 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon Silver 7120C has 333.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 8700F, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 8700F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon Silver 7120C is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 8700F is a desktop one.


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