AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i3-8140U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i3-8140U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4740 vs 4227
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4740 vs 4227

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-8140U

  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
  • 1048576x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2135 vs 2094
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L3 cache 4 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2135 vs 2094

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-8140U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2094
2135
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4740
4227
Name AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i3-8140U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2094 2135
PassMark - CPU mark 4740 4227

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i3-8140U

Essentials

Architecture codename Mendocino Coffee Lake
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 Q4'19
Place in performance rating 1209 1198
Processor Number i3-8140U
Series 8th Generation Intel Core i3 Processors
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.10 GHz
Die size 100 mm²
L1 cache 64K (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core)
L3 cache 4MB (shared) 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 4 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1528
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 10 Watt
Configurable TDP-up 25 Watt
Package Size 46x24

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0

Graphics

Device ID 0x3EA9
Graphics base frequency 300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics 620

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)