Athlon Silver 7120U vs Pentium G620

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium G620
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.76
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98
+161%

Athlon Silver 7120U outperforms Pentium G620 by a whopping 161% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium G620 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26581940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation7.43no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiency1.1112.49
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date22 May 2011 (13 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$60no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium G620 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm6 nm
Die size131 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors504 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G620 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 configuration11
SocketFCLGA1155FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G620 and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium G620 and Athlon Silver 7120U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G620 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G620 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G620 and Athlon Silver 7120U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G620 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

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.

Pentium G620 0.76
Athlon Silver 7120U 1.98
+161%

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.

Pentium G620 1208
Athlon Silver 7120U 3145
+160%

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.

Pentium G620 390
Athlon Silver 7120U 968
+148%

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.

Pentium G620 672
Athlon Silver 7120U 1599
+138%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.76 1.98
Integrated graphics card 0.77 2.85
Recency 22 May 2011 20 September 2022
Chip lithography 32 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Silver 7120U has a 160.5% higher aggregate performance score, 270.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 11 years, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Silver 7120U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G620 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium G620 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G620 and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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