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).

 

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 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2094 vs 2050
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 2094 vs 2050

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: 6309 vs 4740
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 6309 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2094
2050
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4740
6309
Name AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i7-4870HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 2094 2050
PassMark - CPU mark 4740 6309
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 1209 1027
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)