Athlon Gold 7220C vs Athlon 300U
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 300U and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1724 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) | 23 May 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 300U and Athlon Gold 7220C basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.3 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus type | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Multiplier | 24 | no data |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 4940 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 300U and Athlon Gold 7220C compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | AM4 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 300U and Athlon Gold 7220C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 300U and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 300U and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 | AMD Radeon 610M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 300U and Athlon Gold 7220C.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 2.98 | 2.85 |
| Recency | 6 January 2019 | 23 May 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
Athlon 300U has 4.6% faster integrated GPU.
Athlon Gold 7220C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Athlon 300U and Athlon Gold 7220C. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 300U and Athlon Gold 7220C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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