Athlon Silver 7120U vs FX-8120

Primary details

Comparing FX-8120 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1303	1829
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.74	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Architecture codename	Zambezi (2011−2012)	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date	12 October 2011 (12 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Current price	$68	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

FX-8120 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	8192 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8192 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	315 mm2	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	61 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No
P0 Vcore voltage	Min: 1.0125 V - Max: 1.4125 V	no data

Compatibility

Information on FX-8120 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	1
Socket	AM3+	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8120 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	+	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8120 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8120 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8120 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version	n/a	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.

FX-8120 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by 109% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	4.26	2.04
Recency	12 October 2011	20 September 2022
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	125 Watt	15 Watt

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