Athlon Gold 7220C vs Atom Z3740

General info

Comparing Atom Z3740 and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	Bay Trail-T (2013−2014)	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date	27 September 2013 (10 years ago)	23 May 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$32	no data
Current price	$233 (7.3x MSRP)	no data

Technical specs

Atom Z3740 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.33 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.86 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	22 nm	6 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z3740 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	no data
Socket	UTFCBGA1380	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z3740 and Athlon Gold 7220C. 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	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z3740 and Athlon Gold 7220C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data
Anti-Theft	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z3740 and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.

VT-x

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z3740 and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	4 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.1 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	AMD Radeon 610M
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	667 MHz	no data

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	27 September 2013	23 May 2023
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	15 Watt

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