AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i5-8260U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i5-8260U 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.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Intel Core i5-8260U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm

Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 1 Oct 2019
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8260U

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
1572864x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2236 vs 2094
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7430 vs 4740

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95°C
L3 cache	6 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2236 vs 2094
PassMark - CPU mark	7430 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8260U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2094

2236

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4740

7430

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-8260U
PassMark - Single thread mark	2094	2236
PassMark - CPU mark	4740	7430

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-8260U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Coffee Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	1 Oct 2019
Place in performance rating	1209	1107
Launch price (MSRP)		$297
Processor Number		i5-8260U
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
L1 cache	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)
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	3.90 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
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-down Frequency		800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up		25 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		1.80 GHz
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		1.10 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		4.5
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® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)