Athlon Silver 7120C vs Celeron J4125
Primary details
Comparing Celeron J4125 and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1982 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.35 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Power efficiency | 17.60 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Gemini Lake Refresh (2019) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 4 November 2019 (5 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $107 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Celeron J4125 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 56 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 93 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron J4125 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 configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | FCBGA1090 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J4125 and Athlon Silver 7120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Speed Shift | - | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Smart Response | - | no data |
| GPIO | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | - | no data |
Security technologies
Celeron J4125 and Athlon Silver 7120C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| MPX | + | - |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | - | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J4125 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 J4125 and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics 600 | AMD Radeon 610M |
| Max video memory | 8 GB | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Graphics max frequency | 750 MHz | no data |
| Execution Units | 12 | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J4125 and Athlon Silver 7120C integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| MIPI-DSI | + | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron J4125 and Athlon Silver 7120C integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2160@30Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096x2160@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096x2160@60Hz | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Celeron J4125 and Athlon Silver 7120C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J4125 and Athlon Silver 7120C.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 6 | no data |
| USB revision | 2.0/3.0 | no data |
| Total number of SATA ports | 2 | no data |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | 2 | no data |
| Number of USB ports | 8 | no data |
| Integrated LAN | - | no data |
| UART | + | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 0.87 | 2.85 |
| Recency | 4 November 2019 | 20 September 2022 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
Celeron J4125 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 50% lower power consumption.
Athlon Silver 7120C, on the other hand, has 227.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Celeron J4125 and Athlon Silver 7120C. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Celeron J4125 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120C is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron J4125 and Athlon Silver 7120C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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