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AMD Athlon Silver 7120U Review: Explore CPU Specs and Performance

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AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
Let's talk about the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U processor, released in Q3/2022. This review covers all its specs and performance metrics, giving you a comprehensive overview. Feel free to dive into the details and compare it with other models. With its base clock frequency 2.40 GHz, core count , and memory support for LPDDR5-5500, this CPU packs a punch. It's compatible with Socket FT6 motherboards and has a thermal design power (TDP) of 15 W.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U specs

Complete list of technical specifications

CPU generation and family

Information about the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

Specification Value
Name AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
Family AMD Athlon
CPU group AMD Athlon Silver 7000
Segment Mobile
Generation 5
Predecessor --
Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Technical and quantitative specifications of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

Specification Value
CPU Cores / Threads 2 / 2
Core architecture normal
Cores 2x
Hyperthreading / SMT No
Overclocking No
Frequency 2.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
Turbo Frequency (2 Cores) --

Internal Graphics

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in AMD Athlon Silver 7120U along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

Specification Value
GPU name AMD Radeon 610M Graphics
GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo) 1.90 GHz
Execution units 2
Shader 128
Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
Max. displays 3
Generation 9
Direct X 12
Technology 6 nm
Release date Q3/2022

Hardware codec support

List of video codecs supported by the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

Specification Value
h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
h264 Decode / Encode
VP8 Decode / Encode
VP9 Decode / Encode
AV1 Decode
AVC Decode / Encode
VC-1 Decode
JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

Specification Value
Memory type LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory 16 GB
Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
Bandwidth 44.0 GB/s
ECC Yes
PCIe 3.0 x 4
AES-NI Yes

Thermal Management

Let's find out what TDP has the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Specification Value
TDP (PL1) 15 W
TDP (PL2) --
TDP up --
TDP down --
Tjunction max. 95 \xc2\xb0C

Technical details

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

Specification Value
Technology 6 nm
Chip design
Socket FT6
L2-Cache 1.00 MB
L3-Cache 2.00 MB
Architecture Mendocino (Zen2)
Operating systems Windows 11, Linux
Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
Release date Q3/2022
Release price --
Part Number 100-000000772
Documents Technical data sheet

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