AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i5-8250U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i5-8250U 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Intel Core i5-8250U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2094 vs 1905

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 21 August 2017
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2094 vs 1905

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8250U

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
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 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5867 vs 4740

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
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	5867 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8250U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2094

1905

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4740

5867

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-8250U
PassMark - Single thread mark	2094	1905
PassMark - CPU mark	4740	5867
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		770
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		2911
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		1696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		27.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		280.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.755
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.947
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		30.385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3199
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5401
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3199
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5401

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-8250U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Kaby Lake R
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	21 August 2017
Place in performance rating	1209	988
Launch price (MSRP)		$297
Processor Number		i5-8250U
Series		8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	1.60 GHz
Die size	100 mm²	123 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	3.40 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		4 GT/s OPI
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FC-BGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		10 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up		25 W
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		1.80 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42mm X 24mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1
Max number of PCIe lanes		12
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics
Device ID		0x5917
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 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
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096x2304@24Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.4
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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
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® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
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)