Intel Core i3-1315U vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Core i3-1315U vs Athlon Silver 7120U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i3-1315U is faster than the Athlon Silver 7120U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Athlon Silver 7120U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i3-1315U has significantly more cores with 6 cores compared to the Athlon Silver 7120U that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Athlon Silver 7120U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Athlon Silver 7120U has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1315U. Despite this, the Core i3-1315U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i3-1315U has significantly more L2 cache than the Athlon Silver 7120U. The Core i3-1315U also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i3-1315U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.