Athlon Silver 7120C vs Celeron N4020
Primary details
Comparing Celeron N4020 and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2388 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 56 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Gemini Lake | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Architecture codename | Gemini Lake Refresh (2019) | Mendocino (Zen 2) |
| Release date | 4 November 2019 (4 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Celeron N4020 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.1 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron N4020 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 | BGA1090 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4020 and Athlon Silver 7120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N4020 and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
| ECC memory support | - | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics 600 | AMD Radeon 610M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4020 and Athlon Silver 7120C.
| PCI Express lanes | 6 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 0.87 | 2.83 |
| Recency | 4 November 2019 | 20 September 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 6 Watt | 15 Watt |
Celeron N4020 has 150% lower power consumption.
Athlon Silver 7120C, on the other hand, has 225.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Celeron N4020 and Athlon Silver 7120C. We've got no test results to judge.
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