AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Pentium Gold G6500

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U or Intel Pentium Gold G6500 - 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 Pentium Gold G6500 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 was released in Q2/2020.

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 Pentium Gold G6500 has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is at 4.10 GHz.

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.

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U or Intel Pentium Gold G6500 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.

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.

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 Pentium Gold G6500 supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is 15 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6500 has a TDP of 58 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is manufactured in 6 nm and has 3.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold G6500 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.