Athlon Silver 7120U vs i7-1068G7

Place in the ranking	1159	1926
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i7	no data
Power efficiency	18.22	12.49
Architecture codename	Ice Lake (Client) (2019)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	1 August 2019 (5 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-1068G7 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus type	OPI	no data
Bus rate	4 × 4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-1068G7 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	Intel BGA1440	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-1068G7 and Athlon Silver 7120U. 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	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-1068G7 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-1068G7 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.732 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-1068G7 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.39	1.98
Integrated graphics card	5.41	2.85
Recency	1 August 2019	20 September 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	15 Watt

i7-1068G7 has a 172.2% higher aggregate performance score, 89.8% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 66.7% more advanced lithography process, and 86.7% lower power consumption.

The Core i7-1068G7 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core i7-1068G7 and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.