Athlon Silver 7120U vs FX-8800P

Place in performance ranking	1912	1829
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Current price	$515	no data

Detailed specifications

FX-8800P 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on FX-8800P 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	FP4	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-8800P and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	1	+
FMA	FMA4	no data
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	1	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
DualGraphics	1	no data
TrueAudio	+	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	+	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
HSA	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-8800P and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	1	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-8800P and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	DDR5 Dual-channel
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon 610M
iGPU core count	8	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-8800P and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-8800P and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-8800P and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version	3.0	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.

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-8800P 1.84

Athlon Silver 7120U 2.04
+10.9%

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms FX-8800P by 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

FX-8800P 2851

Athlon Silver 7120U 3150
+10.5%

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms FX-8800P by 10% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

FX-8800P 515

Athlon Silver 7120U 982
+90.7%

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms FX-8800P by 91% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

FX-8800P 1196

Athlon Silver 7120U 1644
+37.5%

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms FX-8800P by 37% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.84	2.04
Recency	3 June 2015	20 September 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	15 Watt