Athlon Silver 7120C vs Ryzen 5 4600G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 4600G and Athlon Silver 7120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking772not rated
Place by popularity31not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency14.71no data
Architecture codenameRenoir (2020−2023)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date21 July 2020 (4 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 4600G 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 cores6 (Hexa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads122
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier37no data
L1 cache64K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)2 MB
Chip lithography7 nm6 nm
Die size156 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)95 °Cno data
Number of transistors9800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 4600G 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM4no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 4600G and Athlon Silver 7120C. 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 4600G and Athlon Silver 7120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 4600G and Athlon Silver 7120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-3200no data
Maximum memory size128 GBno data
Maximum memory bandwidth51.196 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon Vega 7AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 4600G and Athlon Silver 7120C.

PCIe version3.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 7.47 2.85
Recency 21 July 2020 20 September 2022
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 4600G has 162.1% faster integrated GPU, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 5 4600G and Athlon Silver 7120C. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 5 4600G is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120C is a notebook one.


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