Athlon Silver 7120U vs Processor N97

Place in the ranking	1543	1940
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Power efficiency	27.51	12.48
Architecture codename	Alder Lake-N (2023)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Processor N97 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	4	2
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	96 KB (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB (shared)	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Processor N97 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	Intel BGA 1264	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Processor N97 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

Security technologies

Processor N97 and Athlon Silver 7120U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Processor N97 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 Processor N97 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4, DDR5 4800 MHz Single-channel

DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 1200 MHz)

AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Processor N97 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	9	4

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.49	1.98
Integrated graphics card	2.32	2.85
Recency	3 January 2023	20 September 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	15 Watt

Processor N97 has a 76.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 25% lower power consumption.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has 22.8% faster integrated GPU, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Processor N97 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Processor N97 and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.