AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i5-9400H

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i5-9400H 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 i5-9400H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
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

Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 23 April 2019
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-9400H

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 16% higher clock speed: 4.30 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
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
2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2403 vs 2094
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7913 vs 4740

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.30 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 95°C
L1 cache	256 KB vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2403 vs 2094
PassMark - CPU mark	7913 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-9400H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2094

2403

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4740

7913

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-9400H
PassMark - Single thread mark	2094	2403
PassMark - CPU mark	4740	7913

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i5-9400H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Coffee Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	23 April 2019
Place in performance rating	1209	1004
Family		Core i5
Launch price (MSRP)		$250
Processor Number		i5-9400H
Series		i5-9000
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.50 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100 °C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	4.30 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		41.8 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
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	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
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@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)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® TSX-NI
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)