Athlon Silver 7120C vs A8-3870K
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2370 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Power efficiency | 0.56 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 20 December 2011 (13 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A8-3870K 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 228 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on A8-3870K 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 configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | FM1 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3870K and Athlon Silver 7120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3870K and Athlon Silver 7120C are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3870K and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 6550D | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 0.92 | 2.55 |
| Recency | 20 December 2011 | 20 September 2022 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 15 Watt |
A8-3870K has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Athlon Silver 7120C, on the other hand, has 177.2% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 10 years, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between AMD A8-3870K and AMD Athlon Silver 7120C. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that A8-3870K is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120C is a notebook one.
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