Athlon Gold 7220U vs Celeron M 722
Primary details
Comparing Celeron M 722 and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 1612 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron M | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 1 October 2008 (15 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Celeron M 722 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 | 1.2 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 410 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 722 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | VGA956 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5.5 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 722 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 Celeron M 722 and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 722 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 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M 722 and Athlon Gold 7220U.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2008 | 20 September 2022 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 15 Watt |
Celeron M 722 has 200% lower power consumption.
Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 650% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Celeron M 722 and Athlon Gold 7220U. We've got no test results to judge.
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