Athlon Silver 7120U vs Ryzen 3 7330U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 3 7330U
2023
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
6.96
+252%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98

Ryzen 3 7330U outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 252% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 7330U and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking10151940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency43.9412.50
Architecture codenameBarcelo (Zen 3) (2022−2023)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 7330U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm6 nm
Die size180 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 7330U 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
SocketFP6FP6
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 7330U and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTXFR, 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 7330U and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 7330U and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) ( - 1800 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 7330U and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes164

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.

Ryzen 3 7330U 6.96
+252%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1.98

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.

Ryzen 3 7330U 11051
+251%
Athlon Silver 7120U 3145

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.

Ryzen 3 7330U 1499
+54.9%
Athlon Silver 7120U 968

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.

Ryzen 3 7330U 4047
+153%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1599

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.96 1.98
Integrated graphics card 6.04 2.85
Recency 4 January 2023 20 September 2022
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm

Ryzen 3 7330U has a 251.5% higher aggregate performance score, 111.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 months, and 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 3 7330U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.


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