AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs Intel Core i7-870

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 220 and Intel Core i7-870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 220

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date September 2010 vs September 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-870

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 29% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1384 vs 1091
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3137 vs 1043
  • Around 61% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 547 vs 339
  • 3.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2032 vs 603
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1384 vs 1091
PassMark - CPU mark 3137 vs 1043
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 547 vs 339
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2032 vs 603

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 220
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-870

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1091
1384
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1043
3137
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
339
547
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
603
2032
Name AMD Athlon II X2 220 Intel Core i7-870
PassMark - Single thread mark 1091 1384
PassMark - CPU mark 1043 3137
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 339 547
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 603 2032
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.029
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 53.478
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.342
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.541
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.602

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X2 220 Intel Core i7-870

Essentials

Architecture codename Regor Lynnfield
Launch date September 2010 September 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $32 $197
Place in performance rating 2647 2671
Price now $32.19 $98.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.92 15.90
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number i7-870
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117 mm 296 mm2
L1 cache 128 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 512 KB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Transistor count 410 million 774 million
Base frequency 2.93 GHz
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 72.7°C
Number of threads 8
VID voltage range 0.6500V-1.4000V

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 1066/1333
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 LGA1156
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
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)