Athlon Gold 7220C vs Atom x5-E3940
Primary details
Comparing Atom x5-E3940 and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2303 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 5x Intel Atom | AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Power efficiency | 11.67 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Apollo Lake (2014−2016) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 30 August 2014 (10 years ago) | 23 May 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Atom x5-E3940 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 | 1.6 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 56K (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 103 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Atom x5-E3940 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 | Intel BGA 1296 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-E3940 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 | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Security technologies
Atom x5-E3940 and Athlon Gold 7220C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-E3940 and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-E3940 and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1866 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel HD Graphics 500 | AMD Radeon 610M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-E3940 and Athlon Gold 7220C.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 4 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 0.77 | 2.85 |
| Recency | 30 August 2014 | 23 May 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 15 Watt |
Atom x5-E3940 has 100% more physical cores, and 50% lower power consumption.
Athlon Gold 7220C, on the other hand, has 270.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Atom x5-E3940 and Athlon Gold 7220C. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Atom x5-E3940 and Athlon Gold 7220C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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