Athlon Gold 7220U vs Celeron J3455

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Aggregate performance score

Celeron J3455
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.45
Athlon Gold 7220U
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.04
+110%

Athlon Gold 7220U outperforms Celeron J3455 by a whopping 110% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Celeron J3455 and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking21901637
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.15no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency13.4718.82
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date30 August 2016 (8 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$107no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron J3455 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 speed1.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz3.7 GHz
Multiplier15no data
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm6 nm
Die sizeno data100 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron J3455 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketFCBGA1296FP6
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron J3455 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-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Celeron J3455 and Athlon Gold 7220U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard-no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron J3455 and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
VT-i-no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron J3455 and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L/LPDDR3 up to 1866 MT/s; LPDDR4 up to 2400 MT/sDDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 500AMD Radeon 610M
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units12no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron J3455 and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron J3455 and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron J3455 and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes64
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+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.


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.

Celeron J3455 1.45
Athlon Gold 7220U 3.04
+110%

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.

Celeron J3455 2256
Athlon Gold 7220U 4740
+110%

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.

Celeron J3455 256
Athlon Gold 7220U 1014
+296%

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.

Celeron J3455 772
Athlon Gold 7220U 2120
+175%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.45 3.04
Integrated graphics card 0.77 2.85
Recency 30 August 2016 20 September 2022
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

Celeron J3455 has 100% more physical cores, and 50% lower power consumption.

Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has a 109.7% higher aggregate performance score, 270.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon Gold 7220U is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron J3455 in performance tests.

Note that Celeron J3455 is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron J3455 and Athlon Gold 7220U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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