Athlon Silver 7120U vs Ryzen 5 3400G

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3400G
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 65 Watt
5.82
+194%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98

Ryzen 5 3400G outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 194% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3400G and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking11261940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Power efficiency8.4712.49
Architecture codenamePicasso (2019−2022)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date12 June 2019 (5 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3400G 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier37no data
L1 cache384 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm6 nm
Die size210 mm2100 mm2
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3400G 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3400G and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3400G and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3400G and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2933DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth46.933 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 11AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3400G and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes204

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.

Ryzen 5 3400G 5.82
+194%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1.98

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.

Ryzen 5 3400G 9246
+194%
Athlon Silver 7120U 3145

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.

Ryzen 5 3400G 1136
+17.4%
Athlon Silver 7120U 968

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.

Ryzen 5 3400G 3631
+127%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1599

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.82 1.98
Integrated graphics card 5.48 2.85
Recency 12 June 2019 20 September 2022
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 12 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 3400G has a 193.9% higher aggregate performance score, 92.3% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 3400G is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 3400G is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.


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