Athlon Silver 7120U vs Celeron N4020C

VS

Aggregate performance score

Celeron N4020C
2021
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.97
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98
+104%

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms Celeron N4020C by a whopping 104% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N4020C and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24991940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency15.3012.49
Architecture codenameno dataMendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date1 January 2021 (3 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N4020C 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 speed1.1 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cacheno data512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N4020C 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
SocketFCBGA1090FP6
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N4020C and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX-+
vPro-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data

Security technologies

Celeron N4020C and Athlon Silver 7120U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N4020C and Athlon Silver 7120U 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 Celeron N4020C and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4/LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/sDDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 600AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency650 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N4020C and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N4020C and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2160@30Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2160@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2160@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N4020C and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.4no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N4020C and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes64
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no 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 N4020C 0.97
Athlon Silver 7120U 1.98
+104%

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 N4020C 1534
Athlon Silver 7120U 3145
+105%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.97 1.98
Integrated graphics card 0.87 2.85
Recency 1 January 2021 20 September 2022
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron N4020C has 150% lower power consumption.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has a 104.1% higher aggregate performance score, 227.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon Silver 7120U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron N4020C in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron N4020C and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Celeron N4020C
Celeron N4020C
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
Athlon Silver 7120U

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.1 106 votes

Rate Celeron N4020C on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.3 300 votes

Rate Athlon Silver 7120U on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Celeron N4020C or Athlon Silver 7120U, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.