Athlon Silver 7120U vs Celeron N2840

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron N2840
2014
2 cores / 2 threads, 7 Watt
0.37
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98
+435%

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms Celeron N2840 by a whopping 435% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N2840 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30401940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Celeronno data
Power efficiency5.0012.48
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date22 May 2014 (10 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2840 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.16 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.58 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache56K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2840 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1170FP6
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2840 and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Smart Connect+no data

Security technologies

Celeron N2840 and Athlon Silver 7120U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2840 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2840 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.32 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 SeriesAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency792 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2840 and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2840 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes44
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data

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.

Celeron N2840 0.37
Athlon Silver 7120U 1.98
+435%

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.

Celeron N2840 588
Athlon Silver 7120U 3145
+435%

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.

Celeron N2840 178
Athlon Silver 7120U 968
+444%

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.

Celeron N2840 297
Athlon Silver 7120U 1599
+438%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.37 1.98
Integrated graphics card 0.77 2.85
Recency 22 May 2014 20 September 2022
Chip lithography 22 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron N2840 has 114.3% lower power consumption.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has a 435.1% higher aggregate performance score, 270.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 266.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon Silver 7120U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N2840 in performance tests.


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