AMD Athlon Silver 7120C vs Intel Core i7-4860HQ

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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-4860HQ
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Intel Core i7-4860HQ

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C or Intel Core i7-4860HQ - 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 i7-4860HQ has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4860HQ was released in Q1/2014.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 4000M/4000H (38)
5 Generation 4
Mendocino (Zen2) Architecture Haswell H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

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 i7-4860HQ has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.60 GHz).

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Core i7-4860HQ
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 8
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
3.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 i7-4860HQ
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

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 Pro Graphics 5200
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.20 GHz
9 GPU Generation 7.5
6 nm Technology 22 nm
3 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 40
128 Shader 320
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
12 DirectX Version 11.1

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 Pro Graphics 5200
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4860HQ can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Core i7-4860HQ
LPDDR5-5500 Memory DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600
16 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 6.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
4 PCIe lanes 16
3.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 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 i7-4860HQ is 47 W.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Core i7-4860HQ
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 47 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has a 3.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-4860HQ cache has a total of 6.00 MB.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Core i7-4860HQ
6 nm Technology 22 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 1364
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2022 Release date Q1/2014
-- Release price 434 $
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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 (50%)
Intel Core i7-4860HQ Intel Core i7-4860HQ
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.20 GHz
768 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4860HQ Intel Core i7-4860HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
842 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4860HQ Intel Core i7-4860HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
3375 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4860HQ Intel Core i7-4860HQ
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
1022 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4860HQ Intel Core i7-4860HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
3706 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-4860HQ Intel Core i7-4860HQ
4C 8T @ 2.40 GHz
6236 (100%)

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