Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

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Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 and the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 4 core processor released in Q4/2015 with the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q3/2022.
Intel Xeon E3 (43) Family AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Xeon E3 v5 (17) CPU group AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2)
5 Generation 5
Skylake S Architecture Mendocino (Zen2)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (3.90 GHz). The processor can compute 8 threads at the same time. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120U clocks with 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz), has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
4 Cores 2
8 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.50 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
3.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
3.70 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 Xeon E3-1245 v5 Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
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Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel HD Graphics P530 GPU AMD Radeon 610M
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.15 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.90 GHz
9 GPU Generation 9
14 nm Technology 6 nm
3 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 2
192 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 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 P530 GPU AMD Radeon 610M
Decode / Encode 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
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 64 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5, while the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 44.0 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
DDR4-2133 Memory LPDDR5-5500
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 44.0 GB/s
Yes ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
8.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
16 PCIe lanes 4
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 has a TDP of 80 W. The TDP of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is 15 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
80 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
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-- Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 has 8.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is at 3.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 6 nm.

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
14 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
LGA 1151 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
Q4/2015 Release date Q3/2022
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U (71%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U (44%)

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 Xeon E3-1245 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1095 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
711 (65%)

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 Xeon E3-1245 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
4089 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1199 (29%)

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.
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
1414 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz
1093 (77%)

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.
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
4725 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
1911 (40%)

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 Xeon E3-1245 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
Intel HD Graphics P530 @ 1.15 GHz
442 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (87%)

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 Xeon E3-1245 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
8051 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
4978 (62%)

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 Xeon E3-1245 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz
168 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
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 Xeon E3-1245 v5 Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5
4C 8T @ 3.70 GHz
821 (100%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon E3-1245 v5 AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
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