Intel Xeon Gold 5120 vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
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| Intel Xeon Gold 5120 | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C | |
CPU comparisonIntel Xeon Gold 5120 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 Gold 5120 has 14 cores with 28 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. Up to 768 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5120 was released in Q3/2017. 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 Gold (163) | Family | AMD Athlon (29) |
| Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34) | CPU group | AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2) |
| 1 | Generation | 5 |
| Skylake | Architecture | Mendocino (Zen2) |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | -- |
| -- | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Xeon Gold 5120 has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 28 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5120 is 2.20 GHz (3.20 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). |
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| Intel Xeon Gold 5120 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C |
| 14 | Cores | 2 |
| 28 | Threads | 2 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.20 GHz | Frequency | 2.40 GHz |
| 3.20 GHz | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | 3.50 GHz |
| 2.60 GHz | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | -- |
Internal GraphicsThe Intel Xeon Gold 5120 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. |
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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 Gold 5120 can use up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 115.2 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. |
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| Intel Xeon Gold 5120 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C |
| DDR4-2400 | Memory | LPDDR5-5500 |
| 768 GB | Max. Memory | 16 GB |
| 6 (Hexa Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 115.2 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 44.0 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | 1.00 MB |
| 19.00 MB | L3 Cache | 2.00 MB |
| 3.0 | PCIe version | 3.0 |
| 48 | PCIe lanes | 4 |
| 47.3 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | 3.9 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 5120 is 105 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. |
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| Intel Xeon Gold 5120 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C |
| 105 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 15 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | 95 °C |
Technical detailsThe Intel Xeon Gold 5120 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 19.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C is manufactured in 6 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache. |
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| Intel Xeon Gold 5120 | Characteristic | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C |
| 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, AVX-512 | ISA extensions | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 |
| LGA 3647 | 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 |
| Q3/2017 | Release date | Q3/2022 |
| 1700 $ | 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 Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 3.20 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 Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 2.60 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 Gold 5120
@ 0.00 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 3.50 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Gold 5120
14C 28T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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| Intel Xeon Gold 5120 | AMD Athlon Silver 7120C |
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