AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i5-6440HQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i5-6440HQ 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
  • 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
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2071 vs 1964
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 1 September 2015
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.50 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2071 vs 1964

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-6440HQ

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 1572864x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5108 vs 4636
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache 6 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 5108 vs 4636

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-6440HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2071
1964
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4636
5108
Name AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i5-6440HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 2071 1964
PassMark - CPU mark 4636 5108
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 828
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.571
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 177.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.735
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5112
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1476
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5112

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i5-6440HQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Mendocino Skylake
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 1 September 2015
Place in performance rating 1224 1160
Launch price (MSRP) $250
Processor Number i5-6440HQ
Series 6th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.60 GHz
Die size 100 mm² 122 mm
L1 cache 64K (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 512K (per core) 1 MB
L3 cache 4MB (shared) 6 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.50 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 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 W
Low Halogen Options Available
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 0x191B
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 950 MHz
Graphics max frequency 950 MHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 530

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi 1080p

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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