AMD Athlon Silver 7120C vs AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
► remove from comparisonThe AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is a mobile processor for cheap Chromebooks of the Mendocino series. It integrates two older Zen 2 cores (similar to the Ryzen 4000 series). The CPU cores clock from 2.4 GHz (base) to 3.5 GHz (single core Turbo) and can use 2 MB L3 cache. It does not support SMT/Hyperthreading and therefore supports only 2 threads. The integrated memory controller only supports fast LPDDR5 memory (5500 MHz max.). Compared to the faster Mendocino models like the Ryzen 5 7520C, the 7120C offers only two cores, no SMT, a smaller L3 cache and reduced clock speeds, leading to a clearly lower CPU performance. The specifications are identical to the Athlon Silver 7120U for (Windows) laptops.
The integrated graphics card (Radeon 610M iGPU) uses the modern RDNA 2 architecture, but only 2 CUs (128 shaders) and clocks with up to 1.9 GHz.
The CPU performance should be similar than the fastest Ryzen dual-core (Ryzen 3 3250U, 2.6 - 3.5 GHz, Zen 1) but clearly stay behind modern quad-core CPUs (in multi threaded tests).
The Mendocino series are produced in a relatively modern 6nm FinFET process at TSMC and should offer a good power efficiency. The Athlon Gold 7120C is rated at 8-15 W TDP and therefore well suited for thin and light laptops.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
► remove from comparisonThe AMD Athlon Gold 7220U is a mobile processor for cheap laptops of the Mendocino series. It integrates two older Zen 2 cores (similar to the Ryzen 4000 series). The CPU cores clock from 2.4 GHz (base) to 3.7 GHz (single core Turbo) and can use 4 MB L3 cache. Thanks to SMT/Hyperthreading, the CPU can work on 4 threads simultaneously. The integrated memory controller only supports fast LPDDR5 memory (5500 MHz max.). Compared to the faster Mendocino models like the Ryzen 5 7520U, the 7220U offers only two cores and reduced clock speeds, leading to a clearly lower CPU performance.
The integrated graphics card (Radeon 610M iGPU) uses the modern RDNA 2 architecture, but only 2 CUs (128 shaders) and clocks with up to 1.9 GHz.
The CPU performance should be better than the fastest Ryzen dual-core (Ryzen 3 3250U, 2.6 - 3.5 GHz, Zen 1) but clearly stay behind modern quad-core CPUs (in multi threaded tests).
The Mendocino series are produced in a relatively modern 6nm FinFET process at TSMC and should offer a good power efficiency. The Athlon Gold 7220U is rated at 8-15 W TDP and therefore well suited for thin and light laptops.
Model | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C | AMD Athlon Gold 7220U | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series | AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) | AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | Mendocino (Zen 2) | Mendocino (Zen 2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) Mendocino (Zen 2) |
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Clock | 2400 - 3500 MHz | 2400 - 3700 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L1 Cache | 128 KB | 128 KB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L2 Cache | 1 MB | 1 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L3 Cache | 2 MB | 4 MB | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 2 / 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TDP | 15 Watt | 15 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology | 6 nm | 6 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iGPU | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | x86 | x86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manufacturer | www.amd.com | www.amd.com |