Apple A12Z Bionic vs AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Comparative analysis of Apple A12Z Bionic and AMD Athlon Gold 7220U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A12Z Bionic

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 2
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2202 vs 2094
  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9365 vs 4740
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 4
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 512K (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 vs 2094
PassMark - CPU mark 9365 vs 4740

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 49% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 6 nm vs 7 nm
  • 128x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 25 Mar 2020
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 6 nm vs 7 nm
L1 cache 64K (per core) vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12Z Bionic
CPU 2: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2202
2094
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9365
4740
Name Apple A12Z Bionic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 2094
PassMark - CPU mark 9365 4740

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12Z Bionic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook Mendocino
Launch date 25 Mar 2020 20 Sep 2022
OS Support iPadOS 13.4, macOS Big Sur 11.0 Beta 1, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1088 1209
Processor Number APL1083
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 1.59 GHz 2.4 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 512K (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 6 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 8 2
Number of threads 8 4
Transistor count 10 billion
Die size 100 mm²
L3 cache 4MB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR5, Dual-channel
ECC memory support

Graphics

Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz
Graphics max frequency 8

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Sockets supported FP6

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 3, 4 Lanes, (CPU only)