Athlon Silver 7120U vs Ryzen 5 7640HS

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 7640HS
2023
6 cores / 12 threads, 35 Watt
14.68
+620%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
2.04

Ryzen 5 7640HS outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 620% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 7640HS and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking4571829
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Architecture codenamePhoenix-HS (Zen 4)Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release dateJanuary 2023 (1 year ago)20 September 2022 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 7640HS 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 speed4.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed5 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nm6 nm
Die size178 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors25,000 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 7640HS 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
SocketFP8FP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 7640HS and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsDDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, Ryzen AI, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 7640HS and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 7640HS and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 760MAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 7640HS and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes204

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 7640HS 14.68
+620%
Athlon Silver 7120U 2.04

Ryzen 5 7640HS outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by 620% 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 7640HS 22706
+621%
Athlon Silver 7120U 3150

Ryzen 5 7640HS outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by 621% 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 7640HS 2299
+134%
Athlon Silver 7120U 982

Ryzen 5 7640HS outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by 134% 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 7640HS 9038
+450%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1644

Ryzen 5 7640HS outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by 450% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.68 2.04
Integrated graphics card 15.29 2.86
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 4 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

The Ryzen 5 7640HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.


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