Athlon Gold 7220U vs Ryzen 7 3700U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 3700U
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 15 Watt
4.50
+54.1%
Athlon Gold 7220U
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.92

Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms Athlon Gold 7220U by an impressive 54% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking13221661
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency28.3718.41
Architecture codenamePicasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date6 January 2019 (5 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 3700U 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typePCIe 3.0no data
Multiplier23no data
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography12 nm6 nm
Die size209.78 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors4940 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 3700U 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
SocketFP5FP6
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5 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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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 3700U and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes124

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.

Ryzen 7 3700U 4.50
+54.1%
Athlon Gold 7220U 2.92

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.

Ryzen 7 3700U 7143
+54.1%
Athlon Gold 7220U 4636

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.

Ryzen 7 3700U 925
Athlon Gold 7220U 1014
+9.6%

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.

Ryzen 7 3700U 2688
+26.8%
Athlon Gold 7220U 2120

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 4.50 2.92
Integrated graphics card 4.24 2.85
Recency 6 January 2019 20 September 2022
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 12 nm 6 nm

Ryzen 7 3700U has a 54.1% higher aggregate performance score, 48.8% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 7 3700U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 7220U in performance tests.


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