AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i7-8709G

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i7-8709G 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 14 nm
  • 6.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 100 Watt
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 10 January 2018
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 100 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-8709G

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 4.10 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 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2313 vs 2094
  • Around 68% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7947 vs 4740
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.10 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 2313 vs 2094
PassMark - CPU mark 7947 vs 4740

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-8709G

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2094
2313
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4740
7947
Name AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i7-8709G
PassMark - Single thread mark 2094 2313
PassMark - CPU mark 4740 7947

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Intel Core i7-8709G

Essentials

Architecture codename Mendocino Kaby Lake G
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 10 January 2018
Place in performance rating 1209 1055
Processor Number i7-8709G
Series 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Announced
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 3.10 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 4.10 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 4 8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5, Dual-channel DDR4-2400
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 BGA2270
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 31mm x 58.5mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only) Up to 1x8, 2x4
Max number of PCIe lanes 8
PCI Express revision 3.0

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.10 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

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096 x 2160 @60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096 x 2160 @60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096 x 2160 @30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

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)