Athlon Gold 7220C vs C-60
Primary details
Comparing C-60 and Athlon Gold 7220C 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 | Laptop |
| Series | AMD C-Series | AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Architecture codename | Ontario (2011−2012) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 22 August 2011 (13 years ago) | 23 May 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
C-60 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 cores | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.33 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 75 mm2 | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on C-60 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | FT1 BGA 413-Ball | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 9 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by C-60 and Athlon Gold 7220C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz) | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by C-60 and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by C-60 and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 Single-channel | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon HD 6290 | AMD Radeon 610M |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 22 August 2011 | 23 May 2023 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 9 Watt | 15 Watt |
C-60 has 66.7% lower power consumption.
Athlon Gold 7220C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, 100% more threads, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between C-60 and Athlon Gold 7220C. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between C-60 and Athlon Gold 7220C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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