Athlon Gold 7220U vs Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
13.09
+339%
Athlon Gold 7220U
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.98

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U outperforms Athlon Gold 7220U by a whopping 339% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking5701639
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency82.5918.80
Architecture codenameRembrandt-U PRO (Zen 3+) (2022)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date19 April 2022 (2 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm6 nm
Die size208 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 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 configuration11
SocketFP7FP6
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsPRO, MMX, SSE4A, BMI2, AES-NI, SSE4.1, ABM, RDRAND, SSE4.2, RDSEED, SSE, AVX, FMA, SMEP, SHA, SSE2, AVX2, ADX, SMAP, SMT, SSE3, CPB, SME, SSSE3XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2200 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes204

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 PRO 6850U 13.09
+339%
Athlon Gold 7220U 2.98

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 PRO 6850U 20795
+339%
Athlon Gold 7220U 4740

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 PRO 6850U 1760
+73.6%
Athlon Gold 7220U 1014

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 PRO 6850U 7447
+251%
Athlon Gold 7220U 2120

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 7924
+267%
Athlon Gold 7220U 2159

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 13.09 2.98
Integrated graphics card 15.98 2.85
Recency 19 April 2022 20 September 2022
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4

Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U has a 339.3% higher aggregate performance score, 460.7% faster integrated GPU, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 months.

The Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 7220U in performance tests.


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