AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i7-1068NG7

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i7-1068NG7 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 i7-1068NG7

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 10 nm
Around 87% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 28 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 10 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 28 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-1068NG7

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 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 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2097152x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2330 vs 2094
Around 95% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9256 vs 4740

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache	192 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2330 vs 2094
PassMark - CPU mark	9256 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-1068NG7

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2094

2330

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4740

9256

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-1068NG7
PassMark - Single thread mark	2094	2330
PassMark - CPU mark	4740	9256

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-1068NG7
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Ice Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	Q2'20
Place in performance rating	1209	1022
Launch price (MSRP)		$426
Processor Number		i7-1068NG7
Series		10th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.30 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	10 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	4.10 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	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		58.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size		64 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1344
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	28 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics
Device ID		0x8A53
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel Iris Plus Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		5120 x 3200
Max resolution over eDP		5120 x 3200
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096 x 2304
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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)