Athlon Gold 7220U vs A8-5600K

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Aggregate performance score

A8-5600K
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 100 Watt
1.80
Athlon Gold 7220U
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.98
+65.6%

Athlon Gold 7220U outperforms A8-5600K by an impressive 66% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-5600K and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20101639
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency1.7018.80
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-5600K 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm6 nm
Die size246 mm2100 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A8-5600K 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
SocketFM2FP6
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5600K 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-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5600K and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5600K 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 card
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AMD Radeon HD 7560D (760 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5600K and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

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.

A8-5600K 1.80
Athlon Gold 7220U 2.98
+65.6%

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.

A8-5600K 2855
Athlon Gold 7220U 4740
+66%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A8-5600K 424
Athlon Gold 7220U 1014
+139%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A8-5600K 1012
Athlon Gold 7220U 2120
+109%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.80 2.98
Integrated graphics card 1.18 2.85
Recency 2 October 2012 20 September 2022
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 15 Watt

A8-5600K has 100% more physical cores.

Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has a 65.6% higher aggregate performance score, 141.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 9 years, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 566.7% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 7220U is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-5600K in performance tests.

Note that A8-5600K is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A8-5600K and Athlon Gold 7220U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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