AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i7-8750H

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i7-8750H 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 i7-8750H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 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 1 March 2018
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-8750H

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
8 more threads: 12 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
3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2359296x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2294 vs 2071
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9885 vs 4636

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	12 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.10 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache	384 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	1.5 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	9 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2294 vs 2071
PassMark - CPU mark	9885 vs 4636

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-8750H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2071

2294

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4636

9885

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-8750H
PassMark - Single thread mark	2071	2294
PassMark - CPU mark	4636	9885
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1003
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4619
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		3408
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		7.89
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		67.345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.296
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		9.661
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		4214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		4214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6457

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-8750H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Coffee Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	1 March 2018
Place in performance rating	1224	1101
Price now		$395
Processor Number		i7-8750H
Series		8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		9.32
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.20 GHz
Die size	100 mm²	149 mm
L1 cache	64K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	9 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	6
Number of threads	4	12
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	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		41.8 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		0x3E9B
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® UHD Graphics 630
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
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
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® Optane™ Memory Supported
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)