AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i7-7820HQ 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), 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 5 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 3 January 2017
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-7820HQ

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • 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 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2118 vs 2094
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7161 vs 4740
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64K (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2118 vs 2094
PassMark - CPU mark 7161 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-7820HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2094
2118
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4740
7161
Name AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i7-7820HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 2094 2118
PassMark - CPU mark 4740 7161
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 912
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3300
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.274
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1704
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5391

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i7-7820HQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Mendocino Kaby Lake
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 3 January 2017
Place in performance rating 1209 994
Launch price (MSRP) $378
Price now $378
Processor Number i7-7820HQ
Series 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 7.29
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) 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.90 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133, DDR3L-1600
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP6 FCBGA1440
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 35 W
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 42mm x 28mm

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

Graphics

Device ID 0x591B
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 630

Graphics interfaces

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

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@30Hz
Max resolution over VGA N / A

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
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)