AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i5-8500B
Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i5-8500B 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.
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
- 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm vs 14 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 65 Watt |
Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8500B
- 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
- 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
- Around 11% higher clock speed: 4.10 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
- Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
- Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2538 vs 2071
- Around 92% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8917 vs 4636
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Number of cores | 6 vs 2 |
| Number of threads | 6 vs 4 |
| Maximum frequency | 4.10 GHz vs 3.7 GHz |
| Maximum core temperature | 100°C vs 95°C |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - Single thread mark | 2538 vs 2071 |
| PassMark - CPU mark | 8917 vs 4636 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8500B
| PassMark - Single thread mark |
|
|
||||
| PassMark - CPU mark |
|
|
| Name | AMD Athlon Gold 7220U | Intel Core i5-8500B |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - Single thread mark | 2071 | 2538 |
| PassMark - CPU mark | 4636 | 8917 |
| Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 1076 | |
| Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 4811 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Athlon Gold 7220U | Intel Core i5-8500B | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
||
| Architecture codename | Mendocino | Coffee Lake |
| Launch date | 20 Sep 2022 | Q2'18 |
| Place in performance rating | 1224 | 1221 |
| Processor Number | i5-8500B | |
| Series | 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors | |
| Status | Launched | |
| Vertical segment | Mobile | |
Performance |
||
| Base frequency | 2.4 GHz | 3.00 GHz |
| Die size | 100 mm² | |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | |
| L3 cache | 4MB (shared) | |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 14 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95°C | 100°C |
| Maximum frequency | 3.7 GHz | 4.10 GHz |
| Number of cores | 2 | 6 |
| Number of threads | 4 | 6 |
| Unlocked | ||
| 64 bit support | ||
| Bus Speed | 8 GT/s DMI3 | |
Memory |
||
| ECC memory support | ||
| Supported memory types | DDR5, Dual-channel | DDR4-2666 |
| Max memory channels | 2 | |
| 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 | 65 Watt |
| 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 | 0x3E9B | |
| Graphics base frequency | 350 MHz | |
| Graphics max dynamic frequency | 1.10 GHz | |
| 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® UHD Graphics 630 | |
Graphics interfaces |
||
| 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@30Hz | |
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) | ||
| 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® Hyper-Threading technology | ||
| Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported | ||
| Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) | ||
| Intel® TSX-NI | ||
| Intel® Turbo Boost technology | ||
| Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility | ||
| 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) | ||
Navigation
Choose a CPU
Compare processors
Compare AMD Athlon Gold 7220U with others
AMDAthlon Gold 7220U vs
IntelCore i7-6567U
AMDAthlon Gold 7220U vs
AMDRyzen 5 3500C
AMDAthlon Gold 7220U vs
AppleA12 Bionic
AMDAthlon Gold 7220U vs
AMDRyzen 3 3350U
AMDAthlon Gold 7220U vs
IntelCore i3-1115GRE
AMDAthlon Gold 7220U vs
IntelCore i9-13900TE
