Athlon Silver 7120C vs Ryzen 3 3250U

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1765not rated
Place by popularity95not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency15.14no data
Architecture codenamePicasso (2019−2022)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date6 January 2020 (4 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 7120C 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 speed2.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier26no data
L1 cache192 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors4500 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 7120C 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 configuration1no data
SocketFP5no data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 7120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 7120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 7120C.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes12no data

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 2.98 2.85
Recency 6 January 2020 20 September 2022
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm

Ryzen 3 3250U has 4.6% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 3250U and Athlon Silver 7120C. We've got no test results to judge.


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