Athlon Gold 7220U vs Atom x5-Z8300

Primary details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2861	1635
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	5x Intel Atom	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	no data	18.80
Architecture codename	Cherry Trail (2015−2016)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	2 March 2015 (9 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom x5-Z8300 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.44 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.84 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8300 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 configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	UTFCBGA592	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon Gold 7220U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Boot	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	2 GB	no data
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics	AMD Radeon 610M
Max video memory	2 GB	no data
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4

1920x1080

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version	2.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	1	4
USB revision	3.0	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.53	3.08
Integrated graphics card	0.77	2.85
Recency	2 March 2015	20 September 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm

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