AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i3-N305

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i3-N305 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.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Intel Core i3-N305

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 7 nm

Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-N305

CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 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
6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
1572864x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2230 vs 2148
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 10090 vs 4753

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Jan 2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Number of cores	8 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	768 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	16 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2230 vs 2148
PassMark - CPU mark	10090 vs 4753

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-N305

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2148

2230

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4753

10090

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i3-N305
PassMark - Single thread mark	2148	2230
PassMark - CPU mark	4753	10090

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i3-N305
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Alder Lake-N
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	3 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating	1094	968
Processor Number		i3-N305
Series		Intel Core i3 Processor N-series
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	768 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	6 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	105°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.80 GHz
Number of cores	2	8
Number of threads	4	8
Unlocked
64 bit support
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	DDR4 3200 MT/s, DDR5 4800 MT/s, LPDDR5 4800 MT/s
Max memory channels		1
Maximum memory size		16 GB
Supported memory frequency		4800 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1264
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		9 Watt
Package Size		35mm x 24mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes		9
USB revision		2.0/3.2
Graphics
Device ID		0x46D0
Execution Units		32
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.25 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		4096 x 2160@60Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.6
Security & Reliability
Intel® OS Guard
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
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)