AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i3-1000NG4

Processor comparisons   03-03-2023
   You may have difficulties with the choice of a CPU, you will solve them by reading the full tests AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs Intel Core i3-1000NG4 and see which is better for games or normal use for programming, rendering, streaming, video editing, machine learning. Here is useful information from real streaming and video editing tests or many benchmarks. A thorough review of all the specifications, so that it can be easier to understand, is made by the table.
   From the comparison video, you can get the results of joint testing in special test applications like VeraCrypt, World of Tanks enCore Benchmark, WPrime, Blender, UserBenchmark, Handbrake, Blender, SuperPi, RealBench, GeekBench 6, 5.2, Furmark, Gears 5, Dolphin Emulator, MATLAB, Cinebench 23 (20, 15), 7zip, AIDA64, 3DMark, DaVinci Resolve Studio, Prime95, PassMark, PCMark 10.
   And how good the CPUs are in games:

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

After reading the results of joint benchmarks and videos, you already be able to understand which CPU is better to buy for gaming Intel Core i3-1000NG4 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%

Core i3-1000NG4

51%

Gaming performance
Summary result of all game benchmarks.

Athlon Silver 7120U

51%

Core i3-1000NG4

51%

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

Gaming benchmark

Fortnite	90.3	90.5
Valorant	102.7	102.9
Cyberpunk 2077	57.5	57.6
Apex Legends	96.5	96.7
Call of Duty Warzone	77.0	77.2
Overwatch	83.2	83.3
Red Dead Redemption 2	70.8	71.0
DOOM Eternal	51.3	51.4
Warzone	80.1	80.2
Assassin's Creed	86.2	86.4
Valheim	85.2	85.4

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 video cards and different amounts of RAM. But users also tested them at different screen resolutions: 4K, 2K or FullHD. So 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 get acquainted with the benchmarks that are made with the same video card that is installed in your computer.

Power consumption

Athlon Silver 7120U

212%

Core i3-1000NG4

407%

To make a final resolution 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 Core i3-1000NG4 is more energy efficient than the Athlon Silver 7120U as it consumes less power: 15W vs. 9W. 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

For example you plan to use the processor not only for gaming, but also for video editing or video rendering, machine learning, programming, streaming, then the main parameter for you is its performance in multi-threaded mode. In this mode, the CPU turns on all cores and threads that it has to the maximum to achieve maximum efficiency. 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 program that you are going to use on your computer can work in multi-threaded mode. Since there are still many programs that can 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	Intel Core i3-1000NG4
Cinbench 15 Single-core	107	142
Cinbench 15 Multi-core	505	326
Cinbench 20 Single-core	248	348
Cinbench 20 Multi-core	1082	612
Cinbench 23 Single-core	618	576
Cinbench 23 Multi-core	2923	2236

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i3-1000NG4
Single-Core	2283	1967
Multi-Core	5142	4473

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

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i3-1000NG4
Single-Core	958	1099
Multi-Core	2294	2487

Comparison of specifications

In the specification comparison table, the processor release date and overclocking capability will be the most useful. The newer the processor, the longer it will last you. And the easier it will be to upgrade the system later. 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 new games. The economy are obvious! Accordingly, there is no longer a need to buy a new CPU to enjoy the games any longer.

	AMD Athlon Silver 7120U	Intel Core i3-1000NG4
Announcement date	September 20, 2022	July 07, 2020
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Socket	FP6	BGA1526
Core name	Mendocino	Ice Lake
Architecture	Zen 2	x86
Generation	2	10
Turbo Frequency	3.5 MHz	3.2 MHz
Frequency	2.4 MHz	1.1 MHz
Cores	2	2
Threads	2	4
Bus rate		4 GT/s
Bit	64	64
Lithography	6 nm	10 nm
Transistors count	3200 millions	2600 millions
Power consumption (TDP)	15 W	9 W
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4-3733
Max. Memory		32 Gb
Memory Frequency	5500
Memory bandwidth		58.3 GB/s
L1 cache	256KB
L2 cache	1MB
L3 cache	2MB	4 MB
Overclocking	No	No
Supports ECC	No	No
Part number	100-000000772	Expansion Options

In this comparison block, you should pay attention to the differences in clock speed and the number of cores. Here Athlon Silver 7120U is 54% better than Core i3-1000NG4 in terms of CPU frequency. 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: 14
The number of parameters for which Intel Core i3-1000NG4 is better: 22
However, it should be understood that the summary data in the text above do not mean that taking them into account you should entirely trust a simple quantitative comparison. Better to watch benchmarks video and read the reviews of real owners of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and Intel Core i3-1000NG4 before making a selection which CPU to buy for gaming and which not.

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.

Intel Core i3-1000NG4 - all data

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

• Intel Core i3-1000NG4 specs and review.