Athlon Silver 7120U vs Ryzen 3 5125C
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 2231 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000) | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 4.82 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture codename | Barcelo (Zen 3) (2022−2023) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 5 May 2022 (3 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 3 5125C 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 2 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 180 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 10,700 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 3 5125C 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 | FP6 | FT6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 5125C and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 5125C and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 5125C and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-3200 | DDR5 Dual-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz) | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 5125C and Athlon Silver 7120U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | 4 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 2.75 | 2.65 |
| Recency | 5 May 2022 | 20 September 2022 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 6 nm |
Ryzen 3 5125C has 3.8% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more threads.
Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between AMD Ryzen 3 5125C and AMD Athlon Silver 7120U. We've got no test results to judge.
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