AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i7-5950HQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i7-5950HQ 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Intel Core i7-5950HQ

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
3.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 47 Watt

Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 2 June 2015
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 47 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-5950HQ

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 105°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 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2310 vs 2071
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7807 vs 4636

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	105°C vs 95°C
L1 cache	256 KB vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2310 vs 2071
PassMark - CPU mark	7807 vs 4636

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-5950HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2071

2310

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4636

7807

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-5950HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark	2071	2310
PassMark - CPU mark	4636	7807
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1126
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4563
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3277
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3277

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-5950HQ
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Broadwell
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	2 June 2015
Place in performance rating	1224	1049
Launch price (MSRP)		$623
Processor Number		i7-5950HQ
Series		5th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.90 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
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	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	105°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		5 GT/s DMI2
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR3L 1600/1866 LPDDR3 1600/1866
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
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1364
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	47 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		37.5mm x 32mm x 1.8mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8 2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes		16
PCI Express revision		3.0
Graphics
Device ID		0x1622
Graphics base frequency		300 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.15 GHz
Graphics max frequency		1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory		32 GB
Processor graphics		Intel® Iris® Pro Graphics 6200
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		2560x1600@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		11.2/12
OpenGL		4.3
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
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® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)