Athlon Gold 7220C vs FX-9370

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Primary details

Comparing FX-9370 and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1433not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency1.69no data
Architecture codenameVishera (2012−2015)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date6 July 2013 (11 years ago)23 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-9370 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed4.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache8192 KB1 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm6 nm
Die size315 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature57 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-
P0 Vcore voltageMin: 1.375 V - Max: 1.5375 Vno data

Compatibility

Information on FX-9370 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 configuration1no data
SocketAM3+no data
Power consumption (TDP)220 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-9370 and Athlon Gold 7220C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-9370 and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-9370 and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-9370 and Athlon Gold 7220C.

PCIe versionn/ano data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 July 2013 23 May 2023
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 15 Watt

FX-9370 has 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon Gold 7220C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1366.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between FX-9370 and Athlon Gold 7220C. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that FX-9370 is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 7220C is a notebook one.


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