Athlon 220GE vs Ryzen 9 7940H
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 7940H outperforms Athlon 220GE by a whopping 556% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 451 | 1949 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 4.08 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | no data | AMD Athlon |
| Power efficiency | 50.64 | 7.72 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | TSMC | no data |
| Architecture codename | Phoenix (2023−2024) | Zen (2017−2020) |
| Release date | January 2023 (2 years ago) | 6 September 2018 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $65 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 9 7940H and Athlon 220GE 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 | 8 (Octa-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 4 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 5.2 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 34 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 178 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 25,000 million | 4950 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 9 7940H and Athlon 220GE 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FP8 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 7940H and Athlon 220GE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 7940H and Athlon 220GE are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 7940H and Athlon 220GE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR5-5600 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 42.671 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon 780M | AMD Radeon Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 7940H and Athlon 220GE.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 12 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 16.53 | 2.52 |
| Integrated graphics card | 16.35 | 2.72 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 2 |
| Threads | 16 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 14 nm |
Ryzen 9 7940H has a 556% higher aggregate performance score, 501.1% faster integrated GPU, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 9 7940H is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon 220GE in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 9 7940H is a notebook processor while Athlon 220GE is a desktop one.
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