Ultra 7 256V vs Athlon Silver 7120C

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 7120C and Core Ultra 7 256V processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated531
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)no data
Power efficiencyno data76.43
Architecture codenameMendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)Lunar Lake (2024)
Release date20 September 2022 (2 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 7120C and Core Ultra 7 256V 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 cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.5 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus rateno data37 MHz
L1 cache128 KB192 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2.5 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm3 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 7120C and Core Ultra 7 256V 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataIntel BGA 2833
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Core Ultra 7 256V. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon Silver 7120C and Core Ultra 7 256V technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Core Ultra 7 256V are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Core Ultra 7 256V. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 610MArc 140V

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 7120C and Core Ultra 7 256V.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 September 2022 24 September 2024
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 8
Chip lithography 6 nm 3 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 17 Watt

Athlon Silver 7120C has 13.3% lower power consumption.

Ultra 7 256V, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon Silver 7120C and Core Ultra 7 256V. We've got no test results to judge.


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