Athlon Gold 7220U vs Pentium Gold G5400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Gold G5400
2018
2 cores / 4 threads, 58 Watt
2.44
Athlon Gold 7220U
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.10
+27%

Athlon Gold 7220U outperforms Pentium Gold G5400 by a significant 27% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5400 and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17801633
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.74no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium GoldMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency4.1218.84
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date2 April 2018 (6 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$64no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5400 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.7 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0no data
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier37no data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die size126 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5400 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA1151FP6
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Pentium Gold G5400 and Athlon Gold 7220U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
SGXYes with Intel® MEno data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Athlon Gold 7220U 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 Pentium Gold G5400 and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth38.397 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics 610AMD Radeon 610M
Max video memory64 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5400 and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support+no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096x2304@24Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096x2304@60Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort4096x2304@60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5400 and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes164

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Pentium Gold G5400 2.44
Athlon Gold 7220U 3.10
+27%

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.

Pentium Gold G5400 3735
Athlon Gold 7220U 4740
+26.9%

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.

Pentium Gold G5400 736
Athlon Gold 7220U 1014
+37.8%

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.

Pentium Gold G5400 1507
Athlon Gold 7220U 2120
+40.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.44 3.10
Integrated graphics card 1.89 2.85
Recency 2 April 2018 20 September 2022
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon Gold 7220U has a 27% higher aggregate performance score, 50.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 286.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 7220U is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Gold G5400 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium Gold G5400 is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Gold G5400 and Athlon Gold 7220U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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