Athlon Silver 7120C vs Celeron G6900

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1662not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency5.90no data
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed3.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm6 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA1700no data
Power consumption (TDP)46 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX+-
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C are enumerated here.

VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200no data
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 710AMD Radeon 610M
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.3 GHzno data
Execution Units16no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 20 September 2022
Power consumption (TDP) 46 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Silver 7120C has an age advantage of 8 months, and 206.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Celeron G6900 and Athlon Silver 7120C. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Celeron G6900 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120C is a notebook one.


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