i9-14900K vs Athlon Gold 7220C

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated80
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data64.65
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)no data
Power efficiencyno data28.60
Architecture codenameMendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)Raptor Lake-R (2023−2024)
Release date23 May 2023 (1 year ago)17 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$589

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K 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 cores2 (Dual-core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads432
Base clock speed2.4 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz5.8 GHz
L1 cache128 KB80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB36 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data257 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data192 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data89.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.65 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 2.85 6.16
Recency 23 May 2023 17 October 2023
Physical cores 2 24
Threads 4 32
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 125 Watt

Athlon Gold 7220C has 733.3% lower power consumption.

i9-14900K, on the other hand, has 116.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 months, and 1100% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Athlon Gold 7220C and Core i9-14900K. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon Gold 7220C is a notebook processor while Core i9-14900K is a desktop one.


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