Apple M4 (8 cores) vs Athlon Gold 7220C
Primary details
Comparing Athlon Gold 7220C and Apple M4 (8 cores) processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) | Apple M4 |
| Architecture codename | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) | no data |
| Release date | 23 May 2023 (1 year ago) | 28 October 2024 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon Gold 7220C and Apple M4 (8 cores) 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.4 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 4 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 3 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon Gold 7220C and Apple M4 (8 cores) 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.
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 7220C and Apple M4 (8 cores). You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) | Apple M4 8-core GPU |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 May 2023 | 28 October 2024 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 5 Watt |
Apple M4 (8 cores) has an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Athlon Gold 7220C and Apple M4 (8 cores). We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon Gold 7220C is a notebook processor while Apple M4 (8 cores) is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon Gold 7220C and Apple M4 (8 cores), ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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