Athlon Silver 7120U vs Atom x5-Z8350

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Aggregate performance score

Atom x5-Z8350
2016
4 cores / 4 threads
0.56
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98
+254%

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms Atom x5-Z8350 by a whopping 254% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28381940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series5x Intel Atomno data
Power efficiencyno data12.48
Architecture codenameCherry Trail (2015−2016)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date8 February 2016 (8 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 7120U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.44 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed1.92 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 7120U 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketUTFCBGA592FP6
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 7120U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Boot+no data
Identity Protection+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types4 GBDDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size2 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data
Maximum memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 500 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)
Max video memory2 GBno data
Graphics max frequency500 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.41920x1080no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8350 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes14
USB revision3.0no data

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.

Atom x5-Z8350 0.56
Athlon Silver 7120U 1.98
+254%

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.

Atom x5-Z8350 892
Athlon Silver 7120U 3145
+253%

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.

Atom x5-Z8350 136
Athlon Silver 7120U 968
+612%

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.

Atom x5-Z8350 369
Athlon Silver 7120U 1599
+333%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.56 1.98
Integrated graphics card 0.77 2.85
Recency 8 February 2016 20 September 2022
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm

Atom x5-Z8350 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has a 253.6% higher aggregate performance score, 270.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon Silver 7120U is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8350 in performance tests.


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