Athlon Silver 3050U vs i3-7120

Primary details

Comparing Core i3-7120 and Athlon Silver 3050U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1940
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i3	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Architecture codename	Kaby Lake (2016−2019)	Dali (Zen) (2020)
Release date	17 July 2017 (7 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$117	no data

Detailed specifications

Core i3-7120 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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	4 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.2 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	40	23
L1 cache	128 KB	192 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	65 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	4500 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-7120 and Athlon Silver 3050U 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)	no data
Socket	1151	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	51 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-7120 and Athlon Silver 3050U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-7120 and Athlon Silver 3050U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

-

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-7120 and Athlon Silver 3050U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel HD Graphics 630

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i3-7120 and Athlon Silver 3050U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	12

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 July 2017	6 January 2020
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	51 Watt	15 Watt

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