Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
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| Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C | |
CPU comparisonIntel Xeon E7-4880 v2 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 Xeon E7-4880 v2 has 15 cores with 30 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to 1536 GB of memory is supported in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 was released in Q1/2014. 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. |
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| Intel Xeon E7 (20) | Family | AMD Athlon (29) |
| Intel Xeon E7 v2 (20) | CPU group | AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) |
| 4 | Generation | 5 |
| Ivy Bridge EX | Architecture | Mendocino (Zen2) |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 is a 15 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.50 GHz (3.10 GHz). The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz). |
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| Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C |
| 15 | Cores | 2 |
| 30 | Threads | 2 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.50 GHz | Frequency | 2.40 GHz |
| 3.10 GHz | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | 3.50 GHz |
| 3.10 GHz | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | -- |
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. |
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| no iGPU | GPU | AMD Radeon 610M |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 GHz | |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | 1.90 GHz |
| -- | GPU Generation | 9 |
| Technology | 6 nm | |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| -- | Compute units | 2 |
| -- | Shader | 128 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | Yes |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB |
| -- | DirectX Version | 12 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| no iGPU | GPU | AMD Radeon 610M |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VP9 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VP8 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec AV1 | Decode |
| No | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| No | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 supports a maximum of 1536 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. |
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| Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C |
| DDR3-1600 | Memory | LPDDR5-5500 |
| 1536 GB | Max. Memory | 16 GB |
| 4 (Quad Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 51.2 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 44.0 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | 1.00 MB |
| 38.00 MB | L3 Cache | 2.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 3.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 4 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 3.9 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 has a TDP of 130 W, that of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120C is 15 W. |
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| Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C |
| 130 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 15 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | 95 °C |
Technical detailsThe Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 has a 38.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon Silver 7120C cache has a total of 3.00 MB. |
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| Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 | 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, AVX | ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 |
| LGA 2011 | 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 |
| Q1/2014 | Release date | Q3/2022 |
| 4000 $ | Release price | -- |
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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.
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Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2
15C 30T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2
@ 0.00 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| Intel Xeon E7-4880 v2 | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C |
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