Xeon 6979P vs Athlon Gold 7220U

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Primary details

Comparing Athlon Gold 7220U and Xeon 6979P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1646not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)no data
Power efficiency18.70no data
Architecture codenameMendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)Granite Rapids (2024)
Release date20 September 2022 (2 years ago)24 September 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon Gold 7220U and Xeon 6979P 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)120
Threads4240
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.9 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)112 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)2 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB (shared)504 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm5 nm
Die size100 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data80 °C
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on Athlon Gold 7220U and Xeon 6979P 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 configuration12
SocketFP67529
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt500 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon Gold 7220U and Xeon 6979P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

Athlon Gold 7220U and Xeon 6979P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon Gold 7220U and Xeon 6979P are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon Gold 7220U and Xeon 6979P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5 Dual-channelDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)N/A

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon Gold 7220U and Xeon 6979P.

PCIe version3.05.0
PCI Express lanes496

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 September 2022 24 September 2024
Physical cores 2 120
Threads 4 240
Chip lithography 6 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 500 Watt

Athlon Gold 7220U has 3233.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon 6979P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, 5900% more physical cores and 5900% more threads, and a 20% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Athlon Gold 7220U and Xeon 6979P. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook processor while Xeon 6979P is a server/workstation one.


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