AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i7-10610U

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i7-10610U 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 i7-10610U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 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 13 May 2020
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-10610U

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 32% higher clock speed: 4.90 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 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2256 vs 2094
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6680 vs 4740

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.90 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	2256 vs 2094
PassMark - CPU mark	6680 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-10610U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2094

2256

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4740

6680

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-10610U
PassMark - Single thread mark	2094	2256
PassMark - CPU mark	4740	6680

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-10610U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Comet Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	13 May 2020
Place in performance rating	1209	1106
Launch price (MSRP)		$409
Processor Number		i7-10610U
Series		10th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	1.80 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	4.90 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		4 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133, LPDDR4-2933
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		45.8 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		2.30 GHz
Package Size		46mm x 24mm
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		0x9B41,0x9BCC
Execution Units		24
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		32 GB
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics
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
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® 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® 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)