Athlon Silver 7120U vs i7-1068G7

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Aggregate performance score

Core i7-1068G7
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 28 Watt
5.60
+173%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
2.05

Core i7-1068G7 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 173% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-1068G7 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11551922
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7no data
Power efficiency18.2412.46
Architecture codenameIce Lake (Client) (2019)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date1 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeOPIno data
Bus rate4 × 4 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache320 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketIntel BGA1440FP6
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt15 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 extensionsno dataXFR, 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 typesDDR4DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth59.732 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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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 versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.60 2.05
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 173.2% 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.


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