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Intel Core i7-1068G7 vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120C

Intel Core i7-1068G7

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The Intel Core i7-1068G7 is a quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Ice-Lake-U generation that was announced in Mai 2019 (Computex). It integrates four Sunnycove processor cores (8 threads thanks to HyperThreading) clocked at 2.3 (base) - 4.1 (single core Turbo) GHz. All four cores can run at up to 3.6 GHz using Turbo Boost. According to Intel the Sunnycove cores achieve 18% more IPCs (Instructions per Clock) and therefore the CPU performance should be similar to the higher clocked Whiskey-Lake and Coffee-Lake predecessors (e.g. Core i7-8559U, 2.7 - 4.5 GHz). The Core i7-1068G7 is the fastest and only 28 Watt Ice Lake-U chip at the time of announcement in 2019.

The biggest improvement for Ice-Lake is the integrated Gen 11 graphics card called Iris Plus Graphics. The Core i7-1065G7 integrates the biggest G7 variant with 64 CUs clocked at 300 - 1100 MHz. The Iris Plus G7 should be twice as fast as the predecessors and best the AMD Vega 10 GPU in current Ryzen APUs.

Other improvements for Ice Lake are the AI hardware acceleration and the partial integration of Thunderbolt and Wifi 6 in the chip. The integrated DDR4 memory controller supports modules with up to 3200 MHz (and LPDDDR4 3733).

The Core i7-1068G7 is produced in the new  10nm process at Intel that should offer a comparable performance to the 7nm process at TSMC. The TDP is specified at 28 Watts and therefore the CPU is best used in small multimedia laptops from 13-inch upwards (e.g. like a MacBook Pro 13).

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C

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The 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.

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ModelIntel Core i7-1068G7AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
SeriesIntel Ice LakeAMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
CodenameIce Lake UMendocino (Zen 2)
Series: Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) Mendocino (Zen 2)
Intel Core i7-1068G7 « 2.3 - 4.1 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1034G1 compare0.8 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
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 7220C compare2.4 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U compare2.4 - 3.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C « 2.4 - 3.5 GHz2 / 2 cores2 MB L3
Clock2300 - 4100 MHz2400 - 3500 MHz
L1 Cache192 KB128 KB
L2 Cache2 MB1 MB
L3 Cache8 MB2 MB
Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 2
TDP28 Watt15 Watt
Technology10 nm6 nm
FeaturesAVX512, DL Boost, Turbo Boost 2.0XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
iGPUIntel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) (300 - 1100 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.com

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1173 Points (49%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
4449 Points (8%)

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