Ryzen 7 9800X3D vs Athlon Silver 7120C

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated203
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data44.64
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)no data
Power efficiencyno data19.92
Architecture codenameMendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)Granite Ridge (2024)
Release date20 September 2022 (2 years ago)7 November 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$479

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 GHz4.7 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz5.2 GHz
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB96 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data70.6 mm2
Number of transistorsno data8,315 million
64 bit support++
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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 Watt120 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 9800X3D. 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 9800X3D are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 9800X3D. 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 card
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AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)AMD Radeon Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Ryzen 7 9800X3D.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 2.85 1.98
Recency 20 September 2022 7 November 2024
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 6 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 120 Watt

Athlon Silver 7120C has 43.9% faster integrated GPU, and 700% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 7 9800X3D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 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 9800X3D. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon Silver 7120C is a notebook processor while Ryzen 7 9800X3D is a desktop one.


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