Athlon Gold 7220C vs i7-4850EQ

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-4850EQ and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Architecture codenameCrystalwell (2013−2014)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date29 August 2013 (11 years ago)23 May 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-4850EQ 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate5 GT/sno data
Multiplier16no data
L1 cache64 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)4 MB
Chip lithography22 nm6 nm
Die size264 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)100 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-4850EQ 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 configuration1no data
SocketIntel BGA1364no data
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-4850EQ and Athlon Gold 7220C. 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
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+-

Security technologies

Core i7-4850EQ and Athlon Gold 7220C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-4850EQ and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.

VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-4850EQ and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Maximum memory size32 GBno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD 5200AMD Radeon 610M

Pros & cons summary


Recency 29 August 2013 23 May 2023
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 22 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 15 Watt

i7-4850EQ has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Athlon Gold 7220C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 266.7% more advanced lithography process, and 213.3% lower power consumption.

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