Athlon Gold 7220C vs A8-4557M

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Primary details

Comparing A8-4557M and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)23 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-4557M 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache4 MB1 MB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm6 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Number of transistors1303 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A8-4557M 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.

SocketBGAno data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4557M and Athlon Gold 7220C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7640G (497 - 655 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 1.19 2.85
Recency 15 May 2012 23 May 2023
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

A8-4557M has 100% more physical cores.

Athlon Gold 7220C, on the other hand, has 139.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 11 years, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A8-4557M and Athlon Gold 7220C. We've got no test results to judge.


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