Athlon Gold 7220C vs Ryzen Threadripper 3980X

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen Threadripper 3980X and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD Ryzen ThreadripperAMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codenameMatisse (2019−2020)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date14 November 2019 (5 years ago)23 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen Threadripper 3980X and Athlon Gold 7220C 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 cores48 (Octatetraconta-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads964
Base clock speed3.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier32no data
L1 cache96K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache128 MB4 MB
Chip lithography7 nm, 12 nm6 nm
Number of transistors19,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen Threadripper 3980X and Athlon Gold 7220C 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 configuration1no data
SocketTR4no data
Power consumption (TDP)280 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3980X and Athlon Gold 7220C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3980X and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper 3980X and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Eight-channelno data
Maximum memory size512 GBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth102.403 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Pros & cons summary


Recency 14 November 2019 23 May 2023
Physical cores 48 2
Threads 96 4
Chip lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 280 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen Threadripper 3980X has 2300% more physical cores and 2300% more threads.

Athlon Gold 7220C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 1766.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen Threadripper 3980X and Athlon Gold 7220C. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen Threadripper 3980X is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 7220C is a notebook one.


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