Athlon Silver 7120U vs Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS
2023
8 cores / 16 threads, 35 Watt
16.83
+750%
Athlon Silver 7120U
2022
2 cores / 2 threads, 15 Watt
1.98

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS outperforms Athlon Silver 7120U by a whopping 750% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking3921940
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Phoenix (Zen 4, Ryzen 7040)no data
Power efficiency45.5112.49
Architecture codenamePhoenix-HS (Zen 4) (2023)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date13 June 2023 (1 year ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS 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 speed3.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed5.1 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache512 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache8 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography4 nm6 nm
Die size178 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP7/FP8FP6
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Athlon Silver 7120U. 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 7 PRO 7840HS and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 780M ( - 2700 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

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 PRO 7840HS 16.83
+750%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1.98

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 PRO 7840HS 26730
+750%
Athlon Silver 7120U 3145

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 PRO 7840HS 2228
+130%
Athlon Silver 7120U 968

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 PRO 7840HS 10627
+565%
Athlon Silver 7120U 1599

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 16.83 1.98
Integrated graphics card 18.32 2.85
Recency 13 June 2023 20 September 2022
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 2
Chip lithography 4 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS has a 750% higher aggregate performance score, 542.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 months, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 7 PRO 7840HS is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in performance tests.


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