Athlon Gold 7220U vs Pentium U5600

Primary details

Comparing Pentium U5600 and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	1549
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codename	Arrandale (2010−2011)	Mendocino (Zen 2)
Release date	9 January 2011 (13 years ago)	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium U5600 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.33 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.33 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	2500 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	81+114 mm2	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	384 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium U5600 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	Intel BGA1288	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium U5600 and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	+	no data
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data
FDI	+	no data
Fast Memory Access	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium U5600 and Athlon Gold 7220U 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 U5600 and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium U5600 and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon 610M
Clear Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium U5600 and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium U5600 and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	1	4

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 January 2011	20 September 2022
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	18 Watt	15 Watt

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