AMD Athlon Silver 7120C vs Intel Core i7-1255UL

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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-1255UL
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Intel Core i7-1255UL

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C or Intel Core i7-1255UL - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C was released in Q3/2022.

The Intel Core i7-1255UL has 10 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-1255UL was released in Q3/2022.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
5 Generation 12
Mendocino (Zen2) Architecture Alder Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz). The Intel Core i7-1255UL has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (4.70 GHz).

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Core i7-1255UL
2 Cores 10
2 Threads 12
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz)
2x Zen 2
A-Core 2.60 GHz (4.70 GHz)
2x Golden Cove
-- B-Core 1.20 GHz (3.50 GHz)
8x Gracemont

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Core i7-1255UL
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Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

AMD Radeon 610M GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.25 GHz
9 GPU Generation 13
6 nm Technology 10 nm
3 Max. displays 4
2 Compute units 96
128 Shader 768
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

AMD Radeon 610M GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-1255UL can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Core i7-1255UL
LPDDR5-5500 Memory DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
16 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache 6.50 MB
2.00 MB L3 Cache 12.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
4 PCIe lanes 28
3.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Core i7-1255UL is 15 W.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Core i7-1255UL
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) 55 W
-- TDP up 28 W
-- TDP down 12 W
95 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has a 3.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-1255UL cache has a total of 18.50 MB.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Core i7-1255UL
6 nm Technology 10 nm
Unknown Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
FT6 Socket BGA 1744
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2022 Release date Q3/2022
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (20%)
Intel Core i7-1255UL Intel Core i7-1255UL
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.25 GHz
1916 (100%)

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