Athlon Silver 7120U vs i5-13400F

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-13400F and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	421	1926
Place by popularity	43	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	55.14	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Power efficiency	23.08	12.51
Architecture codename	Raptor Lake-S (2023−2024)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	4 January 2023 (1 year ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$196	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Core i5-13400F 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 cores	10 (Deca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	16	2
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	80K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1.25 MB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	20 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	Intel 7 nm	6 nm
Die size	257 mm2	100 mm2
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 i5-13400F 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FCLGA1700	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-13400F and Athlon Silver 7120U. 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
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	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

Core i5-13400F and Athlon Silver 7120U 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 Core i5-13400F and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-13400F and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5, DDR4	DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	192 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	76.8 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 i5-13400F and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version	5.0 and 4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	16.15	2.02
Recency	4 January 2023	20 September 2022
Physical cores	10	2
Threads	16	2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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