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AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

AMD Athlon 7120U

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is a mobile processor for affordable notebooks based on the Mendocino series. It integrates two older Zen 2 cores (as in the Ryzen 4000 Mobile series) with 2.4 to 3.5 GHz and only 2 MB L3 cache. The CPU lacks SMT/hyperthreading (therefore only 2 threads). The integrated memory controller supports dual-channel LPDDR5-5500. The integrated graphics card uses the current RDNA 2 architecture, but only with 2 CUs (128 shaders) and clocks at up to 1.9 GHz in the 7220U.

Compared to the faster Ryzen 5 7520U, only two lower clocked CPU cores are available. Compared to the Athlon Gold 7220U the 7120U offers less cache, no SMT and a lower boost clock. Due to the low number of cores, multitasking performance is clearly limited. Even with surfing a single demanding website, the CPU's limits are noticeable. You may see stutters when scrolling. However, the 7120U is suitable for undemanding surfing, office and light image processing. That said, the leap to the more powerful 4-core CPUs is relatively large.

The chip is manufactured at TSMC using the relatively up-to-date 6 nm FinFET process.

CodenameMendocino (Zen 2)
SeriesAMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)

Series: Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) Mendocino (Zen 2)

AMD Ryzen 5 7520C compare2.8 - 4.3 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 3 7320C compare2.4 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U compare2.4 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Gold 20 compare2.4 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Gold 7220C compare2.4 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Silver 10 compare2.4 - 3.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U « 2.4 - 3.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C compare2.4 - 3.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock Rate2400 - 3500 MHz
Level 1 Cache128 KB
Level 2 Cache1 MB
Level 3 Cache2 MB
Number of Cores / Threads2 / 2
2 x 3.5 GHz AMD Zen 2
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)15 Watt
Manufacturing Technology6 nm
FeaturesXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
GPUAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date09/20/2022
Product Link (external)www.amd.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
22.4 pt (38%)
AMD E1-2100
2.26 -90%
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Intel Core i7-4510U
21 -6%
Intel Core i5-4200M
21.2 -5%
Intel Pentium Silver N6005
21.4 -4%
AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
21.7 -3%
Intel Core i3-10100Y
21.9 -2%
AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
22 -2%
Intel Core i5-8210Y
22.2 -1%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3
22.2 -1%
AMD Ryzen 3 3200U
22.3 0%
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
22.4
Intel Core i7-7Y75
22.5 0%
Intel Core i7-2860QM
22.9 2%
Intel Core i3-1000NG4
23 3%
AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
23.2 4%
Intel Core i7-8500Y
23.2 4%
AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
23.5 5%
AMD Ryzen Embedded V1605B
23.5 5%
Intel Core i5-1030NG7
23.6 5%
Intel Core i3-8109U
23.8 6%
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AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX
49.1 119%
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
59.6 166%
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
1673 Points (2%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
886 Points (36%)
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
345 Points (37%)
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
648 Points (2%)
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
250 Points (2%)
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
130 Points (36%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
4212 points (25%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
7657 points (6%)
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
7098 MIPS (4%)
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
3387 MIPS (39%)
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
16.6 fps (0%)
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
86.3 fps (2%)
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HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
2.2 fps (4%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.2 GB/s (5%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.3 GB/s (5%)
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
1.4 GB/s (4%)
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Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
3219 Seconds (41%)
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
1940 Seconds (14%)
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R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.8 sec (17%)
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3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
3766 Points (6%)
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
15.2 s (3%)
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
36.2 s (2%)
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
2965 Points (7%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
3570 Points (6%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
1274 Points (5%)
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Geekbench 6.7 - Geekbench 6.7.1 Single-Core
min: 1081     avg: 1098     median: 1097.5 (25%)     max: 1114 points
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Geekbench 6.7 - Geekbench 6.7.1 Multi-Core
min: 1854     avg: 1891     median: 1890.5 (6%)     max: 1927 points
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
835 points (28%)
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
1483 points (3%)
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
1142 ms (1%)
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Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
111.8 ms (1%)
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
49011 Points (32%)
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WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
106 Points (26%)
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
136 Points (23%)
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CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
609 Points (21%)
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Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
15.2 Watt (3%)
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 4.32     avg: 4.3     median: 4.3 (3%)     max: 4.35 Watt
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Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
4.1 Watt (3%)
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Other CPUs of the series Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)

» AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
   4x 2.8 GHz - 4.3 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 3 7320U
   4x 2.4 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 7520C
   4x 2.8 GHz - 4.3 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 3 7320C
   4x 2.4 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 5 40
   4x 2.8 GHz - 4.3 GHz
» AMD Ryzen 3 30
   4x 2.4 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» AMD Athlon Gold 20
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3.7 GHz
» AMD Athlon Silver 10
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3.5 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000
   4x 2 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-2410M
   2x 2.3 GHz - 2.9 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-7200U
   2x 2.5 GHz - 3.1 GHz
+ AMD Athlon PRO 300U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3.3 GHz
+ AMD Ryzen 3 3250U
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.5 GHz
» AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
   2x 2.4 GHz - 3.5 GHz
- Intel Core i5-3427U
   2x 1.8 GHz - 2.8 GHz
- Intel Core i3-6157U
   2x 2.4 GHz
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx
   8x 2.84 GHz
- AMD Ryzen Embedded R1606G
   2x 2.6 GHz - 3.5 GHz
- Intel Core i3-8121U
   2x 2.2 GHz - 3.1 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2026-01- 8)