Athlon Silver 7120U vs A10-7700K

Primary details

Comparing A10-7700K and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1791	1807
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.40	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	no data
Architecture codename	Godaveri (2014−2018)	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date	14 January 2014 (10 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$152	no data
Current price	$118 (0.8x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A10-7700K 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4096 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Die size	246 mm2	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	72 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on A10-7700K 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FM2+	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-7700K and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	SSE1-4a, AVX, AES, FMA4, VT	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
HSA	1	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-7700K and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-7700K and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	DDR5 Dual-channel
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon 610M
iGPU core count	6	no data
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-7700K and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-7700K and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-7700K and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

A10-7700K outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.07	2.04
Integrated graphics card		2.85
Recency	14 January 2014	20 September 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	15 Watt

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