Athlon Gold 7220U vs Phenom II X4 970 BE
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X4 970 BE and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 1612 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Architecture codename | Deneb (2009−2011) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 21 September 2010 (13 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 970 BE 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 258 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 758 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 970 BE 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 | AM3 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 970 BE 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 | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 970 BE and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 970 BE and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5 Dual-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 610M |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 970 BE and Athlon Gold 7220U.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 21 September 2010 | 20 September 2022 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 125 Watt | 15 Watt |
Phenom II X4 970 BE has 100% more physical cores.
Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 650% more advanced lithography process, and 733.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X4 970 BE and Athlon Gold 7220U. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Phenom II X4 970 BE is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Phenom II X4 970 BE and Athlon Gold 7220U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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