Athlon Silver 7120U vs Processor U300

Primary details

Comparing Processor U300 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1940
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Raptor Lake-U	no data
Power efficiency	no data	12.49
Architecture codename	Raptor Lake-U (2023)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	4 January 2023 (1 year ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$193	no data

Detailed specifications

Processor U300 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	5 (Penta-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	6	2
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus rate	55 MHz	no data
L1 cache	80K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1.25 MB (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 core temperature	100 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Processor U300 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 1744	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Processor U300 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
TSX	+	-

Security technologies

Processor U300 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 U300 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 U300 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel

DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1100 MHz)

AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Processor U300 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version	4.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	8	4

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	4.56	2.85
Recency	4 January 2023	20 September 2022
Physical cores	5	2
Threads	6	2
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm

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