AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 4 threads concurrently. It was released in Q3/2022 and belongs to the 6 generation of the AMD Athlon series. To use the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U, you'll need a motherboard with a FT6 socket.
Name: AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
Family: AMD Athlon
Group: AMD Ryzen 7020U
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U is 2.4 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 3.7 GHz.
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 4
Cores: 2x Zen 2
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: Yes
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 2.4 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 3.7 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 3.0 GHz

Internal Graphics

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U uses the AMD Radeon 610M Graphics, which has 128 texture shaders and 2 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: AMD Radeon 610M Graphics
GPU frequency: 0.4 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.9 GHz
Execution units: 2
Shaders: 128
Max. GPU Memory: 8.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 9
Direct X: 12
Technology: 6 nm
Release date: Q3/2022

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: Decode
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 16.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 44.0 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory: 16.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 44.0 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 15 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: 8 W
Tjunction max: 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U is manufactured using a 6 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 4.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 6 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket: FT6
L2-Cache: 1.0 MB
L3-Cache: 4.0 MB
Architecture: Mendocino (Zen 2)
Operating systems: Windows 10, Linux, Windows 11
Virtualization: AMD-V, SVM
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, FMA3, AVX2
Release date: Q3/2022
Release price: --
Part Number: 100-000000771
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i7-3610QM
4C 8T @ 2.3 GHz
5114
5114
Intel Core i5-6440HQ
4C 4T @ 2.6 GHz
5106
5106
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
5012
5012
AMD FX-4320
4C 4T @ 4.0 GHz
5011
5011
Intel Xeon E3-1235L v5
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
5008
5008

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
383
383
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
383
383
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 2.4 GHz
383
383
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
383
383
AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
383
383

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