Athlon Silver 7120C vs Processor U300
Primary details
Comparing Processor U300 and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Raptor Lake-U | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Architecture codename | Raptor Lake-U (2023) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 4 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $193 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Processor U300 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 | 5 (Penta-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 6 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 1.2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.4 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus rate | 55 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 80K (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1.25 MB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Processor U300 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 | 1 | no data |
| Socket | Intel BGA 1744 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Processor U300 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 | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
Security technologies
Processor U300 and Athlon Silver 7120C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Processor U300 and Athlon Silver 7120C are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Processor U300 and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs | AMD Radeon 610M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Processor U300 and Athlon Silver 7120C.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 4.55 | 2.85 |
| Recency | 4 January 2023 | 20 September 2022 |
| Physical cores | 5 | 2 |
| Threads | 6 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
Processor U300 has 59.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 months, and 150% more physical cores and 200% more threads.
Athlon Silver 7120C, on the other hand, has a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Processor U300 and Athlon Silver 7120C. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Processor U300 and Athlon Silver 7120C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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