AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i7-9850H

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i7-9850H 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.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Intel Core i7-9850H

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 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 23 April 2019
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-9850H

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
8 more threads: 12 vs 4
Around 24% higher clock speed: 4.60 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
3145728x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2485 vs 2071
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11050 vs 4636

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	6 vs 2
Number of threads	12 vs 4
Maximum frequency	4.60 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	12 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2485 vs 2071
PassMark - CPU mark	11050 vs 4636

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-9850H

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2071

2485

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4636

11050

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-9850H
PassMark - Single thread mark	2071	2485
PassMark - CPU mark	4636	11050
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1108
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		4809

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i7-9850H
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Coffee Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	23 April 2019
Place in performance rating	1224	1208
Family		Core i7
Launch price (MSRP)		$395
Processor Number		i7-9850H
Series		i7-9000
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz	2.60 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1.5 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	12 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100 °C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	4.60 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of threads	4	12
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI
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		128 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 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	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		1.15 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 2 (AVX2)
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® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)