Athlon Gold 7220U vs Athlon 64 3000+
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Gold 7220U outperforms Athlon 64 3000+ by a whopping 1290% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon 64 3000+ and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3218 | 1661 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Power efficiency | 0.22 | 18.42 |
| Architecture codename | Clawhammer (2001−2005) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | January 2001 (23 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $65 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 3000+ and Athlon Gold 7220U 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 193 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 154 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 3000+ and Athlon Gold 7220U 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 | 1 |
| Socket | 754 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 3000+ and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 3000+ and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 3000+ and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR5 Dual-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 64 3000+ and Athlon Gold 7220U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.21 | 2.92 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 89 Watt | 15 Watt |
Athlon Gold 7220U has a 1290.5% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 2066.7% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.
The Athlon Gold 7220U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 3000+ in performance tests.
Note that Athlon 64 3000+ is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 3000+ and Athlon Gold 7220U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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