Athlon Silver 7120U vs Pentium Gold 6405U

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold 6405U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.72
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98
+15.1%

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms Pentium Gold 6405U by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold 6405U and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20471940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Comet Lakeno data
Power efficiency10.8512.49
Architecture codenameComet Lake-U (2019−2020)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date31 October 2019 (5 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold 6405U 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 speed2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus rate4 GT/sno data
L1 cache256 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold 6405U 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1528FP6
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold 6405U and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Pentium Gold 6405U 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
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold 6405U 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 Gold 6405U 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 channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth37.5 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)
Max video memory32 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency950 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold 6405U and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
DVI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold 6405U and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold 6405U and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold 6405U and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes124

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.72 1.98
Integrated graphics card 5.58 2.85
Recency 31 October 2019 20 September 2022
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm

Pentium Gold 6405U has 95.8% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has a 15.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon Silver 7120U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold 6405U in performance tests.


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