Athlon Silver 7120U vs Ryzen 5 5500

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 5500
2022
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
12.21
+517%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98

Ryzen 5 5500 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 517% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5500 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking6371940
Place by popularity1not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation51.90no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency17.7812.49
Architecture codenameCezanne (2021−2024)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date4 April 2022 (2 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$159no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5500 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm6 nm
Die size180 mm2100 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5500 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
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5500 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++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5500 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5500 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5500 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

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 5500 12.21
+517%
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 5500 19388
+516%
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 5500 1876
+93.8%
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 5500 7689
+381%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1599

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.21 1.98
Recency 4 April 2022 20 September 2022
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 5500 has a 516.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 5500 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 5500 and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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