Processor N95 vs Athlon Silver 7120U

Place in the ranking	1928	1611
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Alder Lake-N
Power efficiency	12.49	19.87
Architecture codename	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)	Alder Lake-N (2023)
Release date	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 7120U and Processor N95 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	0.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	3.4 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	96 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	2 MB (shared)
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	6 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	6 nm	10 nm
Die size	100 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 7120U and Processor N95 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	1	1
Socket	FP6	Intel BGA 1264
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Processor N95. 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	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 7120U and Processor N95 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Processor N95 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Processor N95. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5 Dual-channel

DDR4, DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Processor N95.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	4	9

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.98	3.15
Integrated graphics card	2.85	2.29
Recency	20 September 2022	3 January 2023
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	6 nm	10 nm

Athlon Silver 7120U has 24.5% faster integrated GPU, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

Processor N95, on the other hand, has a 59.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The Processor N95 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Silver 7120U and Processor N95, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.