AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Apple A13 Bionic

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Apple A13 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 A13 Bionic

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 40% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.65 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 7 nm
113.8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 20 Sep 2019
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.65 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)

Reasons to consider the Apple A13 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 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2329 vs 2071
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5712 vs 4636

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 - Single thread mark	2329 vs 2071
PassMark - CPU mark	5712 vs 4636

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Apple A13 Bionic

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2071

2329

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4636

5712

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Apple A13 Bionic
PassMark - Single thread mark	2071	2329
PassMark - CPU mark	4636	5712

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Apple A13 Bionic
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Lightning/Thunder
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	20 Sep 2019
Place in performance rating	1224	1082
OS Support		iOS 13.0, iPadOS 13.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Processor Number		APL1W85
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	1.72 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	192 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	2.65 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of threads	4	6
Unlocked
Transistor count		8.5 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		1230 MHz
iGPU core count		4