Intel Core i9-8950HK vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Head-to-head processor comparison

Aggregated Scores

Combined benchmark scores for both processors


Overall Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,616

Rank #408

vs
4,776

Rank #1,040

5,616
4,776

Core i9-8950HK wins by 15% (Rank #408 vs #1040)

Singlecore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,918

Rank #301

vs
4,979

Rank #949

5,918
4,979

Core i9-8950HK wins by 15.9% (Rank #301 vs #949)

Multicore Score

Out of 2,060 results in the database

5,164

Rank #534

vs
4,471

Rank #1,281

5,164
4,471

Core i9-8950HK wins by 13.4% (Rank #534 vs #1281)

Number Crunching

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,799

Rank #534

vs
4,529

Rank #1,307

4,799
4,529

Core i9-8950HK wins by 5.6% (Rank #534 vs #1307)

Data Processing

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,808

Rank #551

vs
4,518

Rank #1,219

4,808
4,518

Core i9-8950HK wins by 6% (Rank #551 vs #1219)

Physics & Compute

Out of 1,771 results in the database

4,825

Rank #540

vs
4,530

Rank #1,218

4,825
4,530

Core i9-8950HK wins by 6.1% (Rank #540 vs #1218)


Specifications

Side-by-side comparison of key specifications


Specification Core i9-8950HK Athlon Silver 7120U Diff
Cores
6
2
+66.7%
Threads
12
2
+83.3%
Base Frequency
2,900 MHz
2,400 MHz
+17.2%
Turbo Frequency (1 core)
4,600 MHz
--
Turbo Frequency (2 cores)
4,600 MHz
--
Turbo Frequency (4 cores)
4,500 MHz
--
Clock Multiplier
29x
24x
+17.2%
L1 Cache
384 KB
62 KB
+83.7%
L2 Cache
2 MiB
0 MiB
+67.5%
L3 Cache
12 MiB
2 MiB
+84.1%
Memory Channels
2
--
Maximum Memory
64 GB
--
Max Bandwidth
40 GB/s
--
PCIe Lanes
16
--
Max CPUs
1
--
TDP (lower is better)
45 W
15 W
66.7% more
Process (lower is better)
14 nm
6 nm
57.1% more

General Information

Specification Core i9-8950HK Athlon Silver 7120U
Designer Intel AMD
Family Core --
Series i9-8000 --
Model Number i9-8950HK --
Microarchitecture Coffee Lake --
Core Name Coffee Lake H Mendocino
Core Family 6 --
Core Model 158 --
Socket BGA1440 Socket FT6
Package FCBGA-1440 FT6
Chipset 300 --
Memory Type DDR4-2666 and LPDDR3-2133 LPDDR5
ECC Support No --
PCIe Revision 3.0 --
PCIe Configuration 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4 --
Market Segment Mobile Mobile
Release Price $583.00 --
Locked Multiplier No Yes

Designer

Core i9-8950HK
Intel
Athlon Silver 7120U
AMD

Family

Core i9-8950HK
Core
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Series

Core i9-8950HK
i9-8000
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Model Number

Core i9-8950HK
i9-8950HK
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Microarchitecture

Core i9-8950HK
Coffee Lake
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Core Name

Core i9-8950HK
Coffee Lake H
Athlon Silver 7120U
Mendocino

Core Family

Core i9-8950HK
6
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Core Model

Core i9-8950HK
158
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Socket

Core i9-8950HK
BGA1440
Athlon Silver 7120U
Socket FT6

Package

Core i9-8950HK
FCBGA-1440
Athlon Silver 7120U
FT6

Chipset

Core i9-8950HK
300
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Memory Type

Core i9-8950HK
DDR4-2666 and LPDDR3-2133
Athlon Silver 7120U
LPDDR5

ECC Support

Core i9-8950HK
No
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

PCIe Revision

Core i9-8950HK
3.0
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

PCIe Configuration

Core i9-8950HK
1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Market Segment

Core i9-8950HK
Mobile
Athlon Silver 7120U
Mobile

Release Price

Core i9-8950HK
$583.00
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Locked Multiplier

Core i9-8950HK
No
Athlon Silver 7120U
Yes

Physical Specifications

Manufacturing process and die characteristics


Specification Core i9-8950HK Athlon Silver 7120U
Process 14 nm 6 nm
Die Area 149 mm² 100 mm²
Manufacturer Intel TSMC
Technology CMOS --
Word Size 64-bit --
ISA x86-64 (x86) --

Process

Core i9-8950HK
14 nm
Athlon Silver 7120U
6 nm

Die Area

Core i9-8950HK
149 mm²
Athlon Silver 7120U
100 mm²

Manufacturer

Core i9-8950HK
Intel
Athlon Silver 7120U
TSMC

Technology

Core i9-8950HK
CMOS
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Word Size

Core i9-8950HK
64-bit
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

ISA

Core i9-8950HK
x86-64 (x86)
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU specifications comparison


Specification Core i9-8950HK Athlon Silver 7120U
GPU UHD Graphics 630 --
GPU Designer Intel --
GPU Max Frequency 1200 MHz --
Execution Units 24 --

GPU

Core i9-8950HK
UHD Graphics 630
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

GPU Designer

Core i9-8950HK
Intel
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

GPU Max Frequency

Core i9-8950HK
1200 MHz
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

Execution Units

Core i9-8950HK
24
Athlon Silver 7120U
--

CPU Extensions

Supported instruction set extensions comparison


Extension Core i9-8950HK Athlon Silver 7120U
ABM
ADX
AES
AMD-V
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
CLMUL
EIST
EMMX
EPT
F16C
FMA
FMA3
FPU
Flex Memory
HT
IPT
MMX
MPX
NX
Protected
RdRand
Real
SGX
SHA
SMEP
SMM
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4a
SSSE3
SST
Secure Key
TBT 1.0
TBT 2.0
TSX
TVB
TXT
VT-d
VT-x
vPro
x86-16
x86-32
x86-64