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 |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Athlon Gold 7220U | Apple A12 Bionic |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 2094 | 1989 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 4740 | 4985 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U | Apple A12 Bionic | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | FP6 | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 6 Watt |
Peripherals |
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PCIe configurations | Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) | |
Graphics |
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Execution Units | 16 | |
Graphics base frequency | 1125 MHz | |
iGPU core count | 4 |