Ultra 9 185H vs Athlon Silver 7120U

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98
Core Ultra 9 185H
2023
16 cores / 22 threads, 45 Watt
18.51
+835%

Core Ultra 9 185H outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 835% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 9 185H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1940324
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiency12.4838.90
Architecture codenameMendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date20 September 2022 (2 years ago)14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$640

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 9 185H 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)16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads222
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz5.1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB (shared)24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm7 nm
Die size100 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data110 °C
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 9 185H 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
SocketFP6Intel BGA 2049
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 9 185H. 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++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 9 185H 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 9 185H 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 9 185H. 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 card
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AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU ( - 2350 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 9 185H.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes48

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 Silver 7120U 1.98
Ultra 9 185H 18.51
+835%

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 Silver 7120U 3145
Ultra 9 185H 29403
+835%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon Silver 7120U 968
Ultra 9 185H 2244
+132%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon Silver 7120U 1599
Ultra 9 185H 11973
+649%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.98 18.51
Integrated graphics card 2.85 18.48
Recency 20 September 2022 14 December 2023
Physical cores 2 16
Threads 2 22
Chip lithography 6 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

Athlon Silver 7120U has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

Ultra 9 185H, on the other hand, has a 834.8% higher aggregate performance score, 548.4% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and 700% more physical cores and 1000% more threads.

The Core Ultra 9 185H is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.


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