Intel Core i5-4360U vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120C

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i5-4360U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
Intel Core i5-4360U AMD Athlon Silver 7120C

CPU comparison

Intel Core i5-4360U or AMD Athlon Silver 7120C - 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 Intel Core i5-4360U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-4360U was released in Q3/2013.

The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C was released in Q3/2022.
Intel Core i5 (331) Family AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Core i 4000U (26) CPU group AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2)
4 Generation 5
Haswell U Architecture Mendocino (Zen2)
Mobile Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-4360U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-4360U is 1.50 GHz (2.90 GHz) while the AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120C is at 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz).

Intel Core i5-4360U Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2 Cores 2
4 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
2.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
2.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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.

Intel Core i5-4360U Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
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Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-4360U or AMD Athlon Silver 7120C 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.

Intel HD Graphics 5000 GPU AMD Radeon 610M
0.20 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.90 GHz
7.5 GPU Generation 9
22 nm Technology 6 nm
3 Max. displays 3
40 Compute units 2
320 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
11.1 DirectX Version 12

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.

Intel HD Graphics 5000 GPU AMD Radeon 610M
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i5-4360U can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 44.0 GB/s.

Intel Core i5-4360U Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
DDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR5-5500
16 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 44.0 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
3.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version 3.0
12 PCIe lanes 4
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i5-4360U is 15 W, while the AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i5-4360U Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
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100 °C Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-4360U is manufactured in 22 nm and has 3.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C is manufactured in 6 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i5-4360U Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
22 nm Technology 6 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
BGA 1168 Socket FT6
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2013 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.
Intel Core i5-4360U Intel Core i5-4360U
Intel HD Graphics 5000 @ 1.10 GHz
704 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (54%)

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.
Intel Core i5-4360U Intel Core i5-4360U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
626 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-4360U Intel Core i5-4360U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
1412 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-4360U Intel Core i5-4360U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
2461 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-4360U Intel Core i5-4360U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
109 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i5-4360U Intel Core i5-4360U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
252 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i5-4360U AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
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