Athlon Gold 7220C vs Pentium M 745
Primary details
Comparing Pentium M 745 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 | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium M | AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Architecture codename | Dothan (2004−2005) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 10 May 2004 (20 years ago) | 23 May 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium M 745 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 400 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 32 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 87 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 144 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| VID voltage range | 1.276V-1.34V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium M 745 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 configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | H-PBGA479,PPGA478 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7.5 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 745 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 | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Idle States | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium M 745 and Athlon Gold 7220C 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 Pentium M 745 and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.
| VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 745 and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon 610M |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 May 2004 | 23 May 2023 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 15 Watt |
Pentium M 745 has 114.3% lower power consumption.
Athlon Gold 7220C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 19 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 1400% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Pentium M 745 and Athlon Gold 7220C. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 745 and Athlon Gold 7220C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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