AMD Athlon 220GE vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 220GE and Intel Core i9-9820X processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD Athlon 220GE

Intel Core i9-9820X

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 220GE

Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 92°C
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 165 Watt

Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 92°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 165 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i9-9820X

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
8 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 2
16 more threads: 20 vs 4
3.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
10x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
4.1x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2453 vs 1961
4.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20045 vs 4429

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Number of cores	10 vs 2
Number of threads	20 vs 4
L1 cache	64K (per core) vs 192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core) vs 1 MB
L3 cache	16.5 MB (shared) vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2453 vs 1961
PassMark - CPU mark	20045 vs 4429

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 220GE
CPU 2: Intel Core i9-9820X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1961

2453

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

4429

20045

Name	AMD Athlon 220GE	Intel Core i9-9820X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1961	2453
PassMark - CPU mark	4429	20045
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		10201

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon 220GE	Intel Core i9-9820X
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray	YD220GC6M2OFB
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1208	770
Series	AMD Athlon Desktop Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics	Intel® Core™ X-series Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Skylake
Launch date		October 2018
Processor Number		i9-9820X
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	3.30 GHz
Compute Cores	5
L1 cache	192 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	16.5 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	92°C
Number of cores	2	10
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	4	20
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Maximum frequency		4.10 GHz
Number of QPI Links		0
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Maximum memory size		128 GB
Supported memory types		DDR4-2666
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	1000 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2066
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	165 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Thermal Solution		PCG 2017X
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		44
Scalability		1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions		Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units		2
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)