Athlon Gold 7220C vs i7-620LE

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-620LE and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i7	AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	23 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$247	no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-620LE 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	4	4
Base clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	15	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	81 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	382 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-620LE 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 1288	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-620LE 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	+	-
FMA	+	-
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Security technologies

Core i7-620LE and Athlon Gold 7220C 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 i7-620LE 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 Core i7-620LE and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1066	no data
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17.051 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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Intel HD Graphics

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-620LE and Athlon Gold 7220C.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	0.77	2.85
Recency	7 January 2010	23 May 2023
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt

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