AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i7-4870HQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i7-4870HQ 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).

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Intel Core i7-4870HQ

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
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 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2148 vs 2056

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 21 July 2014
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 47 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2148 vs 2056

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4870HQ

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
1572864x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6334 vs 4753

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature	100 °C vs 95°C
L1 cache	256 KB vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	6334 vs 4753

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4870HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2148

2056

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4753

6334

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-4870HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark	2148	2056
PassMark - CPU mark	4753	6334
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		856
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		3176
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		82.87
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.077
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		5.785
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2015
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		4897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		7403
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2015
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		4897
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		7403

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-4870HQ
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Crystal Well
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	21 July 2014
Place in performance rating	1094	958
Launch price (MSRP)		$434
Processor Number		i7-4870HQ
Series		4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.50 GHz
Die size	100 mm²	260 mm
L1 cache	64K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100 °C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.70 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		100 °C
Transistor count		1700 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 1.65mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8 2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3
Graphics
Device ID		0xD26
Graphics base frequency		200 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.20 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.2 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® Iris® Pro Graphics 5200
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA		1920x1200@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		11.2/12
OpenGL		4.3
Security & Reliability
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® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)