Athlon Gold 7220C vs Core 2 Duo T5870

Primary Details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5870 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	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date	1 October 2008 (15 years ago)	23 May 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price	$194	no data

Detailed Specifications

Core 2 Duo T5870 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	4 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	6 nm
Die size	143 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.075V-1.175V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5870 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.

Power consumption (TDP)

35 Watt

15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5870 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
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5870 and Athlon Gold 7220C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5870 and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.

VT-x

-

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 610M

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	1 October 2008	23 May 2023
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	65 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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