Athlon Silver 7120C vs EPYC 7282

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	403	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.00	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	AMD EPYC	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	6.01	no data
Designer	AMD	AMD
Manufacturer	TSMC	no data
Architecture codename	Zen 2 (2017−2020)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	7 August 2019 (6 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$650	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

EPYC 7282 and Athlon Silver 7120C 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	16 (Hexadeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	32	2
Base clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
Multiplier	28	no data
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	32 MB (per die)	2 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm, 14 nm	6 nm
Die size	2x 74 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	7,600 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on EPYC 7282 and Athlon Silver 7120C 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	no data
Socket	SP3	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by EPYC 7282 and Athlon Silver 7120C. 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	+	-
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by EPYC 7282 and Athlon Silver 7120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by EPYC 7282 and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Eight-channel	no data
Maximum memory size	4 TiB	no data
Max memory channels	8	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	204.763 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

N/A

AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by EPYC 7282 and Athlon Silver 7120C.

PCIe version	4.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	128	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 August 2019	20 September 2022
Physical cores	16	2
Threads	32	2
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

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