Ryzen 9 7900 vs Athlon Gold 7220U
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms Athlon Gold 7220U by a whopping 932% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Gold 7220U and Ryzen 9 7900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1612 | 127 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 65.38 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) | no data |
| Architecture codename | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) | Raphael (Zen4) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) | 14 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $429 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Athlon Gold 7220U and Ryzen 9 7900 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) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 5.4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 64 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Die size | 100 mm2 | 2x 71 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 47 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 13,140 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Gold 7220U and Ryzen 9 7900 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 | FP6 | AM5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 7220U and Ryzen 9 7900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | 5 nm, 0.650 - 1.475V |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 7220U and Ryzen 9 7900 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 7220U and Ryzen 9 7900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5 Dual-channel | DDR5-5200 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon 610M | AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 7220U and Ryzen 9 7900.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | 24 |
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 3.07 | 31.68 |
| Integrated graphics card | 2.85 | 4.34 |
| Recency | 20 September 2022 | 14 January 2023 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 12 |
| Threads | 4 | 24 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 65 Watt |
Athlon Gold 7220U has 333.3% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 9 7900, on the other hand, has a 931.9% higher aggregate performance score, 52.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 months, 500% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.
The Ryzen 9 7900 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 7220U in performance tests.
Be aware that Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook processor while Ryzen 9 7900 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Gold 7220U and Ryzen 9 7900, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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