Athlon Silver 7120U vs i3-6320T
Primary details
Comparing Core i3-6320T and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | 1891 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
Series | Intel Core i3 | no data |
Architecture codename | Skylake (2015−2016) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
Release date | 9 May 2016 (8 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Core i3-6320T 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 | 4 | 2 |
Base clock speed | no data | 2.4 GHz |
Boost clock speed | no data | 3.5 GHz |
Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB | 2 MB |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
Die size | 98.57 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Core i3-6320T 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 | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
Socket | LGA-1151 | FP6 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-6320T 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 | + | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-6320T 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 Core i3-6320T and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3L-1600 | DDR5 Dual-channel |
Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.134 GB/s | no data |
ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics 530 | AMD Radeon 610M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-6320T and Athlon Silver 7120U.
PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
PCI Express lanes | 16 | 4 |
Pros & cons summary
Integrated graphics card | 2.59 | 2.85 |
Recency | 9 May 2016 | 20 September 2022 |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 15 Watt |
i3-6320T has 100% more threads.
Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has 10% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Core i3-6320T and Athlon Silver 7120U. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Core i3-6320T is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Core i3-6320T and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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