AMD Athlon Silver 7120U vs AMD Athlon 300U: comparison

Comparison of AMD Athlon Silver 7120U and AMD Athlon 300U: key differences and a full specification table.

Key differences

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U has a higher maximum clock (3.5 GHz vs 3.3 GHz), a finer process node (6 nm vs 14 nm) and a higher maximum integrated graphics clock (1.9 GHz vs 1 GHz).

At the same time, AMD Athlon 300U has more threads (4 vs 2) and a larger L3 cache (4 MB vs 2 MB).

Both processors match on: core count (2), base clock (2.4 GHz), TDP (15 W), memory channels (2).

These are specification values: they show differences between the models but do not determine a performance winner. For a specific workload, rely on independent benchmarks.

Key specifications

ParameterAMD Athlon Silver 7120UAMD Athlon 300U
Cores / threads 2 / 2 2 / 4
Max boost clock 3.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
TDP 15 W 15 W
Process 6 nm 14 nm
Integrated graphics AMD Radeon 610M Radeon Vega 3 Graphics

Full specification table

Differing values are highlighted. This is not a better/worse rating: numbers from different architectures are not always comparable.

Parameter AMD Athlon Silver 7120U AMD Athlon 300U
General
Codename Mendocino Picasso
Segment Mobile Mobile
Product line AMD Athlon Processors with Radeon Graphics AMD Athlon Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Product family AMD Athlon Processors AMD Athlon Processors
Architecture "Zen 2" —
Process 6 nm 14 nm
Dies per package 1 —
Unlocked for overclocking No No
Operating system support Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Regional availability Global, China, NA, EMEA, APJ, LATAM —
Consumer oriented Yes —
Commercial oriented Yes —
CPU
Cores 2 2
Threads 2 4
Multithreading (SMT/HT) No —
Base clock 2.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Max boost clock 3.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 193 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 1 MB
L3 cache 2 MB 4 MB
TDP 15 W 15 W
Instruction set x86-64 —
Memory
Max memory size 16 GB —
Memory types LPDDR5 —
Memory channels 2 2
Max memory speed — 2.4 GHz
Memory speed (text) 2x1: LPDDR5-5500 —
Graphics
Integrated graphics AMD Radeon 610M Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Has integrated graphics Yes Yes
Graphics max frequency 1.9 GHz 1 GHz
Graphics units 2 3
Max displays 4 —
DisplayPort over USB-C Yes —
HDCP version 2.3 —
Adaptive sync Yes —
DisplayPort version 1.4 —
HDMI version 2.1 —
Multi-display support Yes —
Wireless display Miracast —
I/O and interfaces
PCI Express revision 3 —
PCI Express lanes 4 —
USB 2.0 ports 3 —
USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports 1 —
USB Type-C support Yes —
USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports 1 —
Package and thermal
Sockets supported — FP5
TJUNCTION — 105 °C
Die size 100 mm² —
Security and virtualization
Supported technologies — AMD SenseMI Technology, AMD FreeSync Technology, DirectX 12 Technology
AMD PRO technologies No —
Identifiers
Product ID (OEM) 100-000000772 YM300UC4T2OFG

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