Athlon Silver 7120U vs Pentium G2030

Place in the ranking	2398	1926
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Power efficiency	1.89	12.51
Architecture codename	no data	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	1 April 2013 (11 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G2030 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	no data	3.5 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB Intel® Smart Cache	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm²
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G2030 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	FCLGA1155	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G2030 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	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Pentium G2030 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
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G2030 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 Pentium G2030 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600	DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon 610M
Graphics max frequency	1.05 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G2030 and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G2030 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	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.

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.

Pentium G2030 1.12

Athlon Silver 7120U 2.02
+80.4%

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.

Pentium G2030 1749

Athlon Silver 7120U 3142
+79.6%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Pentium G2030 480

Athlon Silver 7120U 960
+100%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Pentium G2030 813

Athlon Silver 7120U 1581
+94.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.12	2.02
Recency	1 April 2013	20 September 2022
Chip lithography	22 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	15 Watt

Athlon Silver 7120U has a 80.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 266.7% more advanced lithography process, and 266.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Silver 7120U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G2030 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium G2030 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G2030 and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.