Athlon Gold 7220U vs PRO A10-9700

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Aggregate performance score

PRO A10-9700
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.29
Athlon Gold 7220U
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.92
+27.5%

Athlon Gold 7220U outperforms PRO A10-9700 by a significant 28% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing PRO A10-9700 and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking18171661
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataMendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency3.3318.42
Architecture codenameBristol Ridge (2016−2019)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A10-9700 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 speed3.5 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm6 nm
Die size250 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors3,100 millionno data
64 bit support++

Compatibility

Information on PRO A10-9700 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 configuration11
SocketAM4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A10-9700 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++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A10-9700 and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A10-9700 and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4-2400DDR5 Dual-channel
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)
iGPU core count6no data
Enduro+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A10-9700 and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A10-9700 and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A10-9700 and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes84

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.

PRO A10-9700 2.29
Athlon Gold 7220U 2.92
+27.5%

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.

PRO A10-9700 3639
Athlon Gold 7220U 4636
+27.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.29 2.92
Recency 27 July 2017 20 September 2022
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

PRO A10-9700 has 100% more physical cores.

Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has a 27.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 366.7% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon Gold 7220U is our recommended choice as it beats the PRO A10-9700 in performance tests.

Note that PRO A10-9700 is a desktop processor while Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between PRO A10-9700 and Athlon Gold 7220U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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