MediaTek Kompanio 520 vs Athlon Silver 7120U

Primary details

Comparing Athlon Silver 7120U and MediaTek Kompanio 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1829	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	MediaTek Kompanio 500
Architecture codename	Mendocino (Zen 2)	2x Cortex-A76 / 6x A55
Release date	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon Silver 7120U and MediaTek Kompanio 520 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.5 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	2 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	6 nm	7 nm
Die size	100 mm2	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Silver 7120U and MediaTek Kompanio 520 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	FP6	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and MediaTek Kompanio 520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and MediaTek Kompanio 520 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and MediaTek Kompanio 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5 Dual-channel

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon 610M

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and MediaTek Kompanio 520.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	6 nm	7 nm

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