Athlon Gold 7220C vs Xeon L3406

Primary details

Comparing Xeon L3406 and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2802	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	1.86	no data
Architecture codename	no data	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	1 January 2010 (14 years ago)	23 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon L3406 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.53 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB Intel® Smart Cache	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Maximum core temperature	54 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon L3406 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	FCLGA1156	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon L3406 and Athlon Gold 7220C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon L3406 and Athlon Gold 7220C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon L3406 and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.

VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon L3406 and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1066	no data
Maximum memory size	16.38 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	17 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 L3406 and Athlon Gold 7220C.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 January 2010	23 May 2023
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	15 Watt

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