Athlon Silver 7120C vs i5-10400F

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-10400F and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	910	not rated
Place by popularity	9	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.27	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	11.94	no data
Architecture codename	Comet Lake (2020)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	30 April 2020 (4 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$155	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Core i5-10400F 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-10400F 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	FCLGA1200	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-10400F and Athlon Silver 7120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-10400F 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
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-10400F 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 Core i5-10400F and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-10400F and Athlon Silver 7120C.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	30 April 2020	20 September 2022
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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