Intel Core i7-6500U vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Core i7-6500U vs Athlon Silver 7120U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-6500U beats the Athlon Silver 7120U in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon Silver 7120U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-6500U has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6500U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Athlon Silver 7120U. Despite this, the Athlon Silver 7120U has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.