Athlon Gold 7220U vs A10-6800K

Primary details

Comparing A10-6800K and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1918	1637
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.27	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	1.89	18.82
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$142	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A10-6800K 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	4.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4096 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Die size	246 mm2	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,303 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on A10-6800K 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	FM2	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-6800K and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-6800K and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-6800K and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-2133	DDR5 Dual-channel
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	AMD Radeon 610M
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-6800K and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-6800K and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 11

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-6800K and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.04	3.04
Integrated graphics card	1.38	2.85
Recency	1 June 2013	20 September 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	15 Watt

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