AMD Athlon II X2 220 vs Intel Core i7-950

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 220 and Intel Core i7-950 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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) 3 month(s) later
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Launch date September 2010 vs June 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-950

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.33 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 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1379 vs 1091
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3215 vs 1043
  • Around 58% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 535 vs 339
  • 3.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2092 vs 603
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.33 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 1379 vs 1091
PassMark - CPU mark 3215 vs 1043
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 535 vs 339
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2092 vs 603

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 220
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-950

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1091
1379
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1043
3215
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
339
535
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
603
2092
Name AMD Athlon II X2 220 Intel Core i7-950
PassMark - Single thread mark 1091 1379
PassMark - CPU mark 1043 3215
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 339 535
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 603 2092
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2502
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.028
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 61.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.077

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X2 220 Intel Core i7-950

Essentials

Architecture codename Regor Bloomfield
Launch date September 2010 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $32 $290
Place in performance rating 2647 2639
Price now $32.19 $329.99
Value for money (0-100) 14.92 4.96
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Processor Number i7-950
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117 mm 263 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 3.33 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Transistor count 410 million 731 million
Base frequency 3.06 GHz
Bus Speed 4.8 GT/s QPI
Front-side bus (FSB) 1333 MHz
L3 cache 8192 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 67.9°C
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 8
VID voltage range 0.800V-1.375V

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3 800/1066
Max memory channels 3
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 24 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 42.5mm x 45.0mm

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
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)