Athlon Silver 7120U vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
9.63
+374%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
2.03

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 374% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking7811889
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)no data
Architecture codenameCezanne-U PRO (Zen 3) (2021)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date16 March 2021 (3 years ago)20 September 2022 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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 speed2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz3.5 GHz
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache384 KB128 KB
L2 cache3 MB1 MB
L3 cache16 MB2 MB
Chip lithography7 nm6 nm
Die size180 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors10,700 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U 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 5 PRO 5650U and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsPRO, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 7AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes84

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 PRO 5650U 9.63
+374%
Athlon Silver 7120U 2.03

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 5 PRO 5650U 14902
+375%
Athlon Silver 7120U 3137

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 5 PRO 5650U 1624
+68.1%
Athlon Silver 7120U 966

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 5 PRO 5650U 5568
+248%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1600

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.63 2.03
Integrated graphics card 7.40 2.85
Recency 16 March 2021 20 September 2022
Physical cores 6 2
Threads 12 2
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm

Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U has a 374.4% higher aggregate performance score, 159.6% faster integrated GPU, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U and Athlon Silver 7120U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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