AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i9-13950HX

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Intel Core i9-13950HX 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Intel Core i9-13950HX

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
3.7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 55 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 7 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 55 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-13950HX

CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
22 more cores, run more applications at once: 24 vs 2
28 more threads: 32 vs 4
Around 49% higher clock speed: 5.50 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
15x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
48x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
9437184x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 94% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 4008 vs 2071
9.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 43403 vs 4636

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Number of cores	24 vs 2
Number of threads	32 vs 4
Maximum frequency	5.50 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache	1920 KB vs 64K (per core)
L2 cache	48 MB vs 512K (per core)
L3 cache	36 MB vs 4MB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	4008 vs 2071
PassMark - CPU mark	43403 vs 4636

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-13950HX

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2071

4008

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4636

43403

Name	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i9-13950HX
PassMark - Single thread mark	2071	4008
PassMark - CPU mark	4636	43403
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		12420

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Intel Core i9-13950HX
Essentials
Architecture codename	Mendocino	Raptor Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	4 Jan 2023
Place in performance rating	1224	120
Launch price (MSRP)		$590
Processor Number		i9-13950HX
Series		13th Generation Intel Core i9 Processors
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	2.4 GHz
Die size	100 mm²
L1 cache	64K (per core)	1920 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	48 MB
L3 cache	4MB (shared)	36 MB
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	7 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	100°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	5.50 GHz
Number of cores	2	24
Number of threads	4	32
Unlocked
64 bit support
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR5, Dual-channel	Up to DDR5 5600 MT/s, Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s
Max memory channels		2
Maximum memory bandwidth		89.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FP6	FCBGA1964
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	55 Watt
Package Size		45.0 mm x 37.5 mm
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)	Up to 1x16+4, 2x8+4
Max number of PCIe lanes		20
PCI Express revision		5.0 and 4.0
Scalability		1S Only
Graphics
Device ID		0xA788
Execution Units		32
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.65 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics for 13th Gen Intel Processors
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		4
Graphics image quality
Max resolution over DisplayPort		7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP		5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Graphics API support
DirectX		12.1
OpenGL		4.6
Security & Reliability
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
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)