Intel Xeon Gold 5320T vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120C

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Intel Xeon Gold 5320T CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
Intel Xeon Gold 5320T AMD Athlon Silver 7120C

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T 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 5320T has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. Up to 6144 GB of memory is supported in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5320T was released in Q2/2021.

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 Xeon Gold (163) Family AMD Athlon (29)
Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (21) CPU group AMD Athlon Silver 7000 (2)
3 Generation 5
Ice Lake Architecture Mendocino (Zen2)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320T is a 20 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (3.50 GHz). The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.50 GHz).

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
20 Cores 2
40 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
3.50 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.50 GHz
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

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.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

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.

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 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.

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 & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320T supports a maximum of 6144 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Silver 7120C can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
DDR4-2933 Memory LPDDR5-5500
6144 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
8 (Octa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
187.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 44.0 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
30.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
64 PCIe lanes 4
126.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 3.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Xeon Gold 5320T has a TDP of 150 W, that of the AMD Athlon Silver 7120C is 15 W.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 95 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320T has a 30.00 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon Silver 7120C cache has a total of 3.00 MB.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320T Characteristic AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
10 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 4189 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
Q2/2021 Release date Q3/2022
1727 $ Release price --
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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 Xeon Gold 5320T Intel Xeon Gold 5320T
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon Silver 7120C AMD Athlon Silver 7120C
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (100%)

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