AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i7-4700EQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i7-4700EQ 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 22 nm
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 47 Watt
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2071 vs 1765
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs May 2013
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2071 vs 1765

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4700EQ

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • 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 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5417 vs 4636
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared) vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 5417 vs 4636

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4700EQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2071
1765
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4636
5417
Name AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i7-4700EQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 2071 1765
PassMark - CPU mark 4636 5417
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3417
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 10338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 74.176
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.02
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.937
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1086
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4319
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1086
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2883
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4319

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i7-4700EQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Mendocino Haswell
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 May 2013
Place in performance rating 1224 1200
Processor Number i7-4700EQ
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.40 GHz
Die size 100 mm² 177 mm
L1 cache 64K (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512K (per core) 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4MB (shared) 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.40 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR3L 1333/1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1364
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 47 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 32mm x 1.6mm

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
Scalability 1S Only

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 400 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 N / A

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
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)