Athlon Silver 7120U vs Celeron N6211

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N6211 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2092	1829
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.51	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Elkhart Lake	no data
Architecture codename	Elkhart Lake	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date	17 July 2022 (1 year ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$54	no data
Current price	$240 (4.4x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Celeron N6211 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1.5 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm2
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N6211 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 configuration	no data	1
Socket	BGA1493	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	6.5 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N6211 and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N6211 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N6211 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU)

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N6211 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms Celeron N6211 by 41% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.45	2.04
Integrated graphics card	1.33	2.85
Recency	17 July 2022	20 September 2022
Chip lithography	10 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt

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