Athlon Gold 7220C vs Itanium 9520
Primary details
Comparing Itanium 9520 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 | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Architecture codename | no data | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 1 October 2012 (12 years ago) | 23 May 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Itanium 9520 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.73 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 6.4 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 20 MB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 6 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Itanium 9520 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.
| Socket | LGA1248 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Itanium 9520 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 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
Security technologies
Itanium 9520 and Athlon Gold 7220C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Itanium 9520 and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| VT-i | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Itanium 9520 and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 610M |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2012 | 23 May 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 130 Watt | 15 Watt |
Itanium 9520 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Athlon Gold 7220C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 766.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Itanium 9520 and Athlon Gold 7220C. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Itanium 9520 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Gold 7220C is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Itanium 9520 and Athlon Gold 7220C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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