AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150U

Processor comparisons   03-03-2023
   If you are thinking about choosing a CPU, you will be able to make a decision after reading the full tests AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs AMD Athlon Gold 3150U and understand which is better for games or simple use for machine learning, programming, streaming, video editing, rendering. Here is all information from various benchmarks or real streaming and video editing tests. A step-by-step analysis of all the technical characteristics, to make it easier to understand, is presented in the form of the table.
   From the video comparison, you can get the results of parallel examination in special test applications like AIDA64, Dolphin Emulator, Furmark, Gears 5, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, PassMark, Prime95, RealBench, MATLAB, 3DMark, Handbrake, Blender, UserBenchmark, PCMark 10, 7zip, WPrime, GeekBench 6, 5.2, DaVinci Resolve Studio, VeraCrypt, Blender, SuperPi.
   Gaming performance of processors in:

Red Dead Redemption 2
Overwatch
Watch Dogs Legion
Grand Theft Auto V
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
DOOM: Eternal
Fortnite
Fallout 76
Cyberpunk 2077
Valheim
Call of Duty: Warzone and Modern Warfare
Death Stranding
Halo Infinite
Last Man Standing
Rainbow Six Siege
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
Valorant
Apex Legends
Borderlands 3

After reading the results of all benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which processor is better to buy for gaming AMD Athlon Gold 3150U or AMD Athlon Silver 7120U.

Summary benchmark results

As a percentage of the maximum value based on a sample from the entire base of all processors
Processor Benchmark

Athlon Silver 7120U

51%

Athlon Gold 3150U

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver 7120U

51%

Athlon Gold 3150U

51%

The maximum result in this parameter is 100 percent, which is the performance of the most powerful processor currently available. And it is clear that this is a server processor, on which no one will play games. Because this processor costs several tens of thousands of dollars. Therefore, if you think that the selected CPU has a low game result, look at the FPS that it produces in real games in the summary table below.
List of other games in which processors were compared: Shadow of the Tomb Raider, DOTA 2A, Monster Hunter World, League of Legends (LOL), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Hitman 3, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS GO), Horizon Zero Dawn, Ghostrunner, Metro Exodus, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Battlefield V, NBA 2K20, Forza Horizon 4, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Half-Life: Alyx, Control, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG).

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.3	90.0
Valorant	102.7	102.3
Cyberpunk 2077	57.5	57.3
Apex Legends	96.5	96.1
Call of Duty Warzone	77.0	76.7
Overwatch	83.2	82.8
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.8	70.6
DOOM Eternal	51.3	51.1
Warzone	80.1	79.8
Assassin's Creed	86.2	85.9
Valheim	85.2	84.9

The numbers in this table indicate the maximum FPS that was received on the device with the corresponding processor. Depending on the configuration of the computer (RAM size and Video Card) and graphics quality settings (Ultra, Medium, Normal), the results may differ quite significantly. We recommend that you better study the results of the Cinebench, GeekBench and Passmark becnmarks.
The computers that were in the comparisons not only did they have different amounts of RAM and different video cards. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 2K, 4K or FullHD. Therefore, the game benchmark data is approximate. But all video cards met the average system requirements of games. To be sure exactly how much performance the processor will be in games, if you compare it in one assembly with the video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Silver 7120U

212%

Athlon Gold 3150U

181%

To make a finishing choice on which processor is better, you should also consider the generation of its core. The newer the processor generation, the better its performance in games and benchmarks, as well as its energy efficiency. In this case the Athlon Silver 7120U is more energy efficient than the Athlon Gold 3150U since it has less power consumption: 15W vs. 15W. Power consumption is especially important for laptops. Also, when choosing a processor cooling system, you need to know its TDP. You need to buy a cooler that has the TDP data specified in the specification was greater than the TDP of the compared processor.

Software benchmarks

If you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for streaming, video rendering or video editing, machine learning, programming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, to achieve maximum performance, the CPU includes all cores and threads that it has. You will learn this data from the benchmark tables below. Before you take into account the data from these tests, be sure to make sure that the software that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Because there are still many programs that use only one core to work, and all the benefit of multi-core mode are unused.
Cinebench 23, 20 an 15
The results of this benchmark show Single-threaded and Multi-threaded CPU performance

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
Cinbench 15 Single-core	107	127
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	505	310
Cinbench 20 Single-core	248	185
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1082	529
Cinbench 23 Single-core	618	503
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2923	2419

Passmark
This popular benchmark displays Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
Single-Core	2283	1929
Multi-Core	5142	4263

GeekBench 6, 5.2
This benchmark shows Multi-threaded and Single-threaded processor performance

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
Single-Core	958	816
Multi-Core	2294	1945

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the most helpful will be the the possibility of overclocking it and release date of the processor. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system in the future. The same benefits from the presence of overclocking. When the processor can be overclocked, thereby increasing its performance, then it will still be able to produce maximum FPS even in the newest games. The savings are obvious! It turns out that you do not need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	AMD Athlon Gold 3150U
Announcement date	September 20, 2022	January 06, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP6	FP5
Core name	Mendocino	Raven Ridge
Architecture	Zen 2	Picasso
Generation	2	2
Turbo Frequency	3.5 MHz	3.3 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	2.4 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	2	4
Bus rate
Bit	64	64
Lithography	6 nm	14 nm
Transistors count	3200 millions	2200 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	15 W
Memory type	LPDDR5	DDR4
Max. Memory
Memory Frequency	5500	2400
Memory bandwidth
L1 cache	256KB	192KB
L2 cache	1MB	1MB
L3 cache	2MB	4MB
Overclocking	No	yes
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000772	YM3150C4T2OFG

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Also keep in mind that high CPU frequency affects battery life through power consumption (relevant for laptops).

Result:
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is better: 26
The number of parameters for which AMD Athlon Gold 3150U is better: 3
However, it should be understood that all the data in the table above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple comparison of these figures. Better to watch the testing video and read the reviews of of people who bought AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and AMD Athlon Gold 3150U before making a selection which of the processors to buy for gaming.

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon Silver 7120U specs and review.

AMD Athlon Gold 3150U - all data

• Cinebench r15 score
• Cinebench r20 score
• Cinebench r23 score
• GeekBench 6, 5.2 score

• AMD Athlon Gold 3150U specs and review.