Athlon Silver 7120U vs Processor N97
Aggregate performance score
Processor N97 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by an impressive 80% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1914 | 2351 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Power efficiency | 10.95 | 4.87 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Alder Lake-N (2023) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 3 January 2023 (3 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic parameters of Processor N97 and Athlon Silver 7120U: 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 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB (shared) | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | no data | 100 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Processor N97 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 | Intel BGA 1264 | FT6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Processor N97 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 | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Security technologies
Processor N97 and Athlon Silver 7120U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Processor N97 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Processor N97 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR5 4800 MHz Single-channel | DDR5 Dual-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 1200 MHz) | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Processor N97 and Athlon Silver 7120U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 9 | 4 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.
TrueCrypt AES
TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.
x264 encoding pass 1
x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.
x264 encoding pass 2
x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.20 | 1.78 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.19 | 3.14 |
| Recency | 3 January 2023 | 20 September 2022 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 15 Watt |
Processor N97 has a 80% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 25% lower power consumption.
Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has 43% faster integrated GPU, and a 67% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Processor N97 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.
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