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 performance ranking	702	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	35.28	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	Renoir (2020−2022)	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date	21 July 2020 (3 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Current price	$177	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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 cores	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB (shared)	2 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Die size	156 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9800 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 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 extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 4600G and Athlon Silver 7120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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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 types	DDR4-3200	no data
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon Vega 7

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

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

PCIe version

3.0

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Pros & cons summary

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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

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