Athlon Silver 7120U vs Apple M2
Aggregate performance score
Apple M2 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 376% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing M2 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 814 | 1944 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple Apple M-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | 44.35 | 12.44 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 10 June 2022 (2 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
M2 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.424 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.48 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 2 MB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 20 MB | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | no data | 100 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 20000 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on M2 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | no data | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M2 and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by M2 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M2 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5 Dual-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz) | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by M2 and Athlon Silver 7120U.
| PCIe version | no data | 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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 9.32 | 1.96 |
| Recency | 10 June 2022 | 20 September 2022 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 15 Watt |
Apple M2 has a 375.5% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 months, and 33.3% lower power consumption.
The M2 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M2 and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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