AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i5-10500H

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i5-10500H 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Intel Core i5-10500H

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
3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-10500H

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
8 more threads: 12 vs 4
Around 22% higher clock speed: 4.50 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
3145728x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2584 vs 2094
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11228 vs 4740

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	12 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.50 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95°C
L2 cache	4 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	12 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2584 vs 2094
PassMark - CPU mark	11228 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-10500H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2094

2584

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4740

11228

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-10500H
PassMark - Single thread mark	2094	2584
PassMark - CPU mark	4740	11228
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		4458

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-10500H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Comet Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	Q4'20
Place in performance rating	1209	1073
Launch price (MSRP)		$250
Processor Number		i5-10500H
Series		10th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.50 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	4 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	12 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	4.50 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of threads	4	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4-2933
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		45.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		35 Watt
Package Size		42mm x 28mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics
Device ID		0x9BC4
Graphics base frequency		350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.05 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics for 10th Gen Intel Processors
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096 x 2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096 x 2304@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)
Secure Boot
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
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)