Athlon 3000G vs i7-720QM
Aggregate performance score
Athlon 3000G outperforms Core i7-720QM by a whopping 168% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2720 | 1942 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.02 | 5.27 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Core i7 | AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | 2.24 | 7.71 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Manufacturer | Intel | no data |
| Architecture codename | Clarksfield (2009−2010) | Zen+ (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 23 September 2009 (16 years ago) | 21 November 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $546 | $49 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Athlon 3000G has 26250% better value for money than i7-720QM.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Core i7-720QM and Athlon 3000G 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 | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 1.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 2.5 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 12 | 35 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 6 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 296 mm2 | 209.78 mm2? |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 774 million | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Core i7-720QM and Athlon 3000G 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCPGA988,PGA988 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-720QM and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.2 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 1.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| PAE | 36 Bit | no data |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Security technologies
Core i7-720QM and Athlon 3000G 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 i7-720QM and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-720QM and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB | 64 GB? |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.335 GB/s | 42.671 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | None | AMD Radeon Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-720QM and Athlon 3000G.
| PCIe version | 2 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 6 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.94 | 2.52 |
| Recency | 23 September 2009 | 21 November 2019 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 35 Watt |
i7-720QM has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Athlon 3000G, on the other hand, has a 168.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 28.6% lower power consumption.
The AMD Athlon 3000G is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Core i7-720QM in performance tests.
Be aware that Core i7-720QM is a notebook processor while Athlon 3000G is a desktop one.
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