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.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Apple A12 Bionic

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 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2182 vs 1995

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	2182 vs 1995

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 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5014 vs 4841

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	5014 vs 4841

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2182

1995

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4841

5014

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Apple A12 Bionic
PassMark - Single thread mark	2182	1995
PassMark - CPU mark	4841	5014

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	1173	1260
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