Athlon Silver 7120C vs Ryzen 5 8600G

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking425not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation50.50no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency23.22no data
Architecture codenamePhoenix (2023−2024)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$229no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 8600G 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed4.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography4 nm6 nm
Die size178 mm2no data
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 8600G 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
SocketAM5no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 7120C. 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 8600G and Athlon Silver 7120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 760MAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 7120C.

PCIe version4.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 14.91 2.85
Recency 8 January 2024 20 September 2022
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 4 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 8600G has 423.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon Silver 7120C, on the other hand, has 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 8600G and Athlon Silver 7120C. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 8600G is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120C is a notebook one.


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