Athlon Silver 7120U vs Athlon 3000G
Aggregate performance score
Athlon 3000G outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a considerable 42% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 3000G and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1687 | 1946 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 5.27 | no data |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | no data |
| Power efficiency | 7.60 | 12.45 |
| Architecture codename | Zen+ (2018−2019) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 21 November 2019 (5 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $49 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon 3000G 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 35 | no data |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2? | 100 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 3000G 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | AM4 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 3000G 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 | + | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 3000G and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 3000G and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR5 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB? | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 3000G and Athlon Silver 7120U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 6 | 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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.79 | 1.96 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.99 | 2.89 |
| Recency | 21 November 2019 | 20 September 2022 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Athlon 3000G has a 42.3% higher aggregate performance score, 3.5% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.
Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
The Athlon 3000G is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.
Note that Athlon 3000G is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 3000G and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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