Athlon Gold 7220U vs i7-620UE

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	not rated	1634
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i7	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	no data	18.84
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$248	no data

Detailed specifications

Core i7-620UE 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.07 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.07 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus type	DMI 1.0	no data
Bus rate	1 × 2.5 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	8	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	81 mm2	100 mm2
Number of transistors	382 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-620UE 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	Intel BGA 1288	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

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

Security technologies

Core i7-620UE and Athlon Gold 7220U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

+

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-620UE and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-620UE and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800	DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.799 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 i7-620UE and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	4

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	0.77	2.85
Recency	7 January 2010	20 September 2022
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	15 Watt

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