Athlon Silver 7120U vs Ryzen 7 7735U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 7735U
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 28 Watt
13.84
+575%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
2.05

Ryzen 7 7735U outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 575% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 7735U and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking5521923
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Power efficiency45.0712.46
Architecture codenameRembrandt-U Refresh (2023)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date4 January 2023 (1 year ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 7735U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads162
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.75 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm6 nm
Die size208 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 7735U 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
SocketFP7FP6
Power consumption (TDP)28 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 7735U and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 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++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 7735U and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 7735U 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 680MAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 7735U 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 7 7735U 13.84
+575%
Athlon Silver 7120U 2.05

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 7 7735U 21181
+574%
Athlon Silver 7120U 3142

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 7 7735U 1785
+85.9%
Athlon Silver 7120U 960

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 7 7735U 7771
+392%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1578

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.84 2.05
Integrated graphics card 15.98 2.85
Recency 4 January 2023 20 September 2022
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 2
Power consumption (TDP) 28 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 7735U has a 575.1% higher aggregate performance score, 460.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 months, and 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has 86.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 7735U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.


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