Athlon Silver 7120U vs Xeon E5-2686 v4

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5-2686 v4
2016
18 cores / 36 threads, 145 Watt
12.72
+542%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98

Xeon E5-2686 v4 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 542% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking6071940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E5no data
Power efficiency8.3012.48
Architecture codenameBroadwell (2015−2019)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date20 June 2016 (8 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2686 v4 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 cores18 (Octadeca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads362
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate2 × 9.6 GT/sno data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache4.5 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache45 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die size456.12 mm2100 mm2
Number of transistors7200 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2686 v4 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 configuration2 (Multiprocessor)1
Socketno dataFP6
Power consumption (TDP)145 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2686 v4 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++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2686 v4 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 Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size1,536 GBno data

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 Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes404

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.

Xeon E5-2686 v4 12.72
+542%
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.

Xeon E5-2686 v4 20204
+542%
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.

Xeon E5-2686 v4 654
Athlon Silver 7120U 968
+48%

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.

Xeon E5-2686 v4 4031
+152%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1599

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.72 1.98
Recency 20 June 2016 20 September 2022
Physical cores 18 2
Threads 36 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 145 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E5-2686 v4 has a 542.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 800% more physical cores and 1700% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 866.7% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5-2686 v4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5-2686 v4 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5-2686 v4 and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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