AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i9-12900HK

Last updated: 2023-10-26

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon Silver 7120U		Intel Core i9-12900HK
CPU comparison AMD Athlon Silver 7120U or Intel Core i9-12900HK - 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 7120U 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 7120U was released in Q3/2022. The Intel Core i9-12900HK has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-12900HK was released in Q1/2022.

AMD Athlon (29)	Family	Intel Core i9 (78)
AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2)	CPU group	Intel Core i 12000H (23)
5	Generation	12
Mendocino (Zen2)	Architecture	Alder Lake H
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Core i9-13900HK

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz) while the Intel Core i9-12900HK has 14 CPU cores and 20 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-12900HK is at 2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz).
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900HK
2	Cores	14
2	Threads	20
normal	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz)	A-Core	2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz) 6x Golden Cove
--	B-Core	1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz) 8x Gracemont
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900HK
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U or Intel Core i9-12900HK has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon 610M	GPU	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	0.40 GHz
1.90 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.45 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 7120U can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 44.0 GB/s. The Intel Core i9-12900HK supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900HK
LPDDR5-5500	Memory	LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
16 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
44.0 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	83.2 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	11.50 MB
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	24.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	4.0
4	PCIe lanes	28
3.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	55.1 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is 15 W, while the Intel Core i9-12900HK has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900HK
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	115 W
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
95 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is manufactured in 6 nm and has 3.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i9-12900HK is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 35.50 MB cache.
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Characteristic	Intel Core i9-12900HK
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, 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	Q1/2022
--	Release price	635 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U (43%)

Intel Core i9-12900HK (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U (14%)

Intel Core i9-12900HK (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 7120U 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	711 (41%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1754 (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 7120U 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	1199 (9%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	12662 (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 7120U 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	1093 (45%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	2426 (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 7120U 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	1911 (16%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	11894 (100%)

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 7120U AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz	383 (17%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz	2223 (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 7120U 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	4978 (17%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	28632 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1938 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	18197 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	710 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	6892 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.


	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	260 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	182 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U 2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	257 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U 2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	2639 (100%)

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