Ultra 5 225U vs Athlon Silver 7120U
Aggregate performance score
Core Ultra 5 225U outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 526% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2003 | 666 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 12.38 | 20.38 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) | no data |
| Release date | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) | 1 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U 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) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Performance-cores | no data | 2 |
| Efficient-cores | no data | 8 |
| Low Power Efficient-cores | no data | 2 |
| Threads | 2 | 14 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 4.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | no data |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 12 MB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | Intel 3 nm |
| Die size | 100 mm2 | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U 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 | FP6 | FCBGA2049 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 57 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
| Supported AI Software Frameworks | - | OpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT |
Security technologies
Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 Dual-channel | DDR5-6400 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 128 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) | Intel® Graphics |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 2 GHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 4 |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL) |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | 3840x2400 @ 120Hz |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12.2 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Core Ultra 5 225U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 20 |
| PCI support | no data | 4.0 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.95 | 12.20 |
| Recency | 20 September 2022 | 1 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 12 |
| Threads | 2 | 14 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 57 Watt |
Athlon Silver 7120U has 280% lower power consumption.
Ultra 5 225U, on the other hand, has a 525.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and 500% more physical cores and 600% more threads.
The Intel Core Ultra 5 225U is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.
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