Xeon Silver 4509Y vs Athlon Silver 7120U
Aggregate performance score
Xeon Silver 4509Y outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 522% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2084 | 729 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 46.93 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Power efficiency | 12.01 | 8.96 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) | Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024) |
| Release date | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) | 14 December 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $563 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon Silver 7120U and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 4.1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 80 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 2 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 22.5 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | Intel 7 nm |
| Die size | 100 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 84 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Silver 7120U and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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 | 2 |
| Socket | FP6 | FCLGA4677 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 125 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Xeon Silver 4509Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Intel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Deep Learning Boost | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon Silver 7120U and Xeon Silver 4509Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® SPS |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Xeon Silver 4509Y 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 Xeon Silver 4509Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 Dual-channel | DDR5 @ 4400 MT/s (1 DPC &2DPC) |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 TB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 8 |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Silver 7120U and Xeon Silver 4509Y.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 80 |
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 | 1.88 | 11.69 |
| Recency | 20 September 2022 | 14 December 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 125 Watt |
Athlon Silver 7120U has 733.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon Silver 4509Y, on the other hand, has a 521.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.
The Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.
Be aware that Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook processor while Xeon Silver 4509Y is a server/workstation one.
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