AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i7-1180G7

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i7-1180G7 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 i7-1180G7

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 SuperFin

Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 10 nm SuperFin

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-1180G7

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.60 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2486 vs 2094
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8181 vs 4740

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.60 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95°C
L2 cache	12 MB vs 512K (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2486 vs 2094
PassMark - CPU mark	8181 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-1180G7

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2094

2486

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4740

8181

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-1180G7
PassMark - Single thread mark	2094	2486
PassMark - CPU mark	4740	8181

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-1180G7
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Tiger Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	Q1'21
Place in performance rating	1209	969
Launch price (MSRP)		$426
Processor Number		i7-1180G7
Series		11th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	12 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	10 nm SuperFin
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	4.60 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		2 GT/s
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	LPDDR4x-4267
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory size		32 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1598
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		7 Watt
Configurable TDP-up		15 Watt
Package Size		26.5x18.5
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)
Graphics
Device ID		0x9A40
Execution Units		96
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.10 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		4
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		7680x4320@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		4096x2304@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.6
Security & Reliability
Intel® OS Guard
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® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
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)