Athlon Gold 7220U vs Xeon E3-1220L v3
Aggregate performance score
Athlon Gold 7220U outperforms Xeon E3-1220L v3 by a whopping 237% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2537 | 1634 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Power efficiency | 5.24 | 18.84 |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-WS (2013−2014) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 2 June 2013 (11 years ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Xeon E3-1220L v3 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.1 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4096 KB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | 100 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1220L v3 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 | FCLGA1150 | FP6 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | + | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| SIPP | + | - |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Athlon Gold 7220U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| Identity Protection | + | - |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR5 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
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 Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Athlon Gold 7220U.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 4 |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.92 | 3.10 |
| Recency | 2 June 2013 | 20 September 2022 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 13 Watt | 15 Watt |
Xeon E3-1220L v3 has 15.4% lower power consumption.
Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has a 237% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, and a 266.7% more advanced lithography process.
The Athlon Gold 7220U is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E3-1220L v3 in performance tests.
Be aware that Xeon E3-1220L v3 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1220L v3 and Athlon Gold 7220U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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