Athlon Silver 7120U vs Xeon Silver 4210

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon Silver 4210
2019
10 cores / 20 threads, 85 Watt
8.51
+330%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98

Xeon Silver 4210 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 330% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Silver 4210 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking8961940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation19.19no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon Silverno data
Power efficiency9.4712.49
Architecture codenameCascade Lake (2019−2020)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date2 April 2019 (5 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$501no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon Silver 4210 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads202
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier22no data
L1 cache640 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache10 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache13.75 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Maximum core temperature78 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Silver 4210 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
SocketFCLGA3647FP6
Power consumption (TDP)85 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
Deep Learning Boost+-

Security technologies

Xeon Silver 4210 and Athlon Silver 7120U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Silver 4210 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size1 TBno data
Max memory channels6no data
Maximum memory bandwidth115.212 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

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 Silver 4210 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes484

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 Silver 4210 8.51
+330%
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 Silver 4210 13520
+330%
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 Silver 4210 961
Athlon Silver 7120U 968
+0.7%

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 Silver 4210 5592
+250%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1599

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 8.51 1.98
Recency 2 April 2019 20 September 2022
Physical cores 10 2
Threads 20 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 85 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon Silver 4210 has a 329.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 400% more physical cores and 900% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 466.7% lower power consumption.

The Xeon Silver 4210 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon Silver 4210 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Silver 4210 and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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