Athlon Silver 7120U vs i5-4400E

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-4400E
2013
2 cores / 4 threads, 37 Watt
2.05
+3.5%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98

Core i5-4400E outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-4400E and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18951926
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5no data
Power efficiency5.2412.49
Architecture codenameHaswell (2013−2015)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date1 October 2013 (11 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$266no data

Detailed specifications

Core i5-4400E 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.3 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm6 nm
Die size130 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors960 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-4400E 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 configurationno data1
SocketFCBGA1364FP6
Power consumption (TDP)37 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-4400E and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-4400E and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-4400E and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 4600AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-4400E and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

i5-4400E 2.05
+3.5%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1.98

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-4400E 3251
+3.5%
Athlon Silver 7120U 3142

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.05 1.98
Integrated graphics card 1.84 2.85
Recency 1 October 2013 20 September 2022
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 37 Watt 15 Watt

i5-4400E has a 3.5% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has 54.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, a 266.7% more advanced lithography process, and 146.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Core i5-4400E and Athlon Silver 7120U.


Should you still have questions on choice between Core i5-4400E and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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