Ultra 5 225F vs Athlon Silver 7120U

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225F processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1940not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Power efficiency12.48no data
Architecture codenameMendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)Arrow Lake-S (2024−2025)
Release date20 September 2022 (2 years ago)January 2025

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225F 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads210
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)3 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)21 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm3 nm
Die size100 mm2243 mm2
Number of transistorsno data17,800 million
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225F 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 configuration11
SocketFP61851
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225F. 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++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225F are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5 Dual-channelDDR5

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 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225F.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes420

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 10
Threads 2 10
Chip lithography 6 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon Silver 7120U has 333.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 5 225F, on the other hand, has 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225F. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook processor while Core Ultra 5 225F is a desktop one.


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