Athlon Gold 7220U vs Core i5-6500TE

Primary Details

Comparing Core i5-6500TE and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1522	1518
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.23	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date	19 October 2015 (8 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$192	no data
Current price	$490 (2.6x MSRP)	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed Specifications

Core i5-6500TE 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	no data	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	122 mm2	100 mm2
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-6500TE 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	LGA-1151	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-6500TE 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	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
SIPP	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i5-6500TE and Athlon Gold 7220U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

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no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-6500TE and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-6500TE and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1600	DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel HD Graphics 530

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-6500TE and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

Athlon Gold 7220U outperforms Core i5-6500TE by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	3.05	3.07
Integrated graphics card	2.59	2.86
Recency	19 October 2015	20 September 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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