AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Apple A12 Bionic

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Apple A12 Bionic processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 7 nm
  • 170.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2094 vs 1989
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 21 Sep 2018
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 7 nm
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2094 vs 1989

Reasons to consider the Apple A12 Bionic

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4985 vs 4740
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 4
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 512K (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4985 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Apple A12 Bionic

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2094
1989
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4740
4985
Name AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Apple A12 Bionic
PassMark - Single thread mark 2094 1989
PassMark - CPU mark 4740 4985

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Apple A12 Bionic

Essentials

Architecture codename Mendocino Vortex/Tempest
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 21 Sep 2018
Place in performance rating 1209 1268
OS Support iOS 12.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 14.5, tvOS 16.2
Processor Number APL1W81
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 1.59 GHz
Die size 100 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core) 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core) 8 MB (shared)
L3 cache 4MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 2.49 GHz
Number of cores 2 6
Number of threads 4 6
Unlocked
Transistor count 6.9 billion

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel LPDDR4X-4266
Max memory channels 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)

Graphics

Execution Units 16
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz
iGPU core count 4