Athlon Gold 7220U vs A6-9120C SoC

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Primary details

Comparing A6-9120C SoC and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1639
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiencyno data18.80
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date7 January 2019 (5 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-9120C SoC 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm6 nm
Die size124 mm2100 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A6-9120C SoC 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 configuration11
SocketFT4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9120C SoC and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9120C SoC and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9120C SoC and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon R4AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9120C SoC and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2019 20 September 2022
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 15 Watt

A6-9120C SoC has 150% lower power consumption.

Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more threads, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

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