AMD Athlon Silver 7120C vs Intel Xeon Gold 5215L

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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Intel Xeon Gold 5215L

CPU comparison

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C or Intel Xeon Gold 5215L - 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 Xeon Gold 5215L has 10 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4608 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5215L was released in Q2/2019.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Xeon Gold (163)
AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) CPU group Intel Xeon Gold 5200/6200 (55)
5 Generation 2
Mendocino (Zen2) Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- 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 Xeon Gold 5215L has 10 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.40 GHz).

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
2 Cores 10
2 Threads 20
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 2.50 GHz
3.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.40 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.50 GHz

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 Xeon Gold 5215L
-- 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 no iGPU
0.40 GHz GPU frequency --
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9 GPU Generation --
6 nm Technology
3 Max. displays
2 Compute units --
128 Shader --
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory --
12 DirectX Version --

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

Memory & PCIe

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5215L can connect up to 4608 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
LPDDR5-5500 Memory DDR4-2666
16 GB Max. Memory 4608 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 128.1 GB/s
No ECC Yes
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 13.75 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
4 PCIe lanes 48
3.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 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 Xeon Gold 5215L is 85 W.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 85 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
95 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has a 3.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Gold 5215L cache has a total of 13.75 MB.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120C Characteristic Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
6 nm Technology 14 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, AVX-512
FT6 Socket LGA 3647
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 Q2/2019
-- Release price 9119 $
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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 (100%)
Intel Xeon Gold 5215L Intel Xeon Gold 5215L
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

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