Intel Core i7-7600U vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Core i7-7600U vs Athlon Silver 7120U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Athlon Silver 7120U performs better than the Core i7-7600U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-7600U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-7600U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-7600U has a slightly higher clock speed than the Athlon Silver 7120U. Also, the Core i7-7600U 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 i7-7600U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.