Athlon Silver 7120C vs i5-9400F

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Primary details

Comparing Core i5-9400F and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1094not rated
Place by popularity25not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.10no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i5Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency8.67no data
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake-R (2018−2019)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date7 January 2019 (5 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$182no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-9400F 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads62
Base clock speed2.9 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.1 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier29no data
L1 cache385 KB128 KB
L2 cache1.5 MB1 MB
L3 cache9 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die size149 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-9400F 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketFCLGA1151no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-9400F and Athlon Silver 7120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Core i5-9400F 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
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-9400F 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 i5-9400F and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2666no data
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-9400F and Athlon Silver 7120C.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2019 20 September 2022
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 6 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

i5-9400F has 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-9400F and Athlon Silver 7120C. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-9400F is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120C is a notebook one.


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