Athlon Silver 7120U vs Ryzen 5 3600

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 3600
2019
6 cores / 12 threads, 65 Watt
11.48
+463%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
2.04

Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 463% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3600 and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking6311826
Place by popularity11not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation40.13no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5no data
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date7 July 2019 (4 years ago)20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199no data
Current price$148 (0.7x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3600 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache96K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache32 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3600 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3600 and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
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.

Ryzen 5 3600 11.48
+463%
Athlon Silver 7120U 2.04

Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by 463% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 5 3600 17760
+464%
Athlon Silver 7120U 3150

Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by 464% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 3600 1598
+60.4%
Athlon Silver 7120U 996

Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by 60% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 5 3600 6879
+311%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1674

Ryzen 5 3600 outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by 311% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.48 2.04
Recency 7 July 2019 20 September 2022
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 5 3600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.

Note that Ryzen 5 3600 is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 3600 and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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