Athlon Gold 7220U vs PRO A12-9830B

Primary details

Comparing PRO A12-9830B and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	1637
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	no data	18.80
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A12-9830B 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	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Die size	250 mm2	100 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3100 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on PRO A12-9830B 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	no data	1
Socket	FP4	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	25-45 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A12-9830B 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	+	+
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	AVX	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
PowerTune	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
RAID	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A12-9830B 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 A12-9830B and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR5 Dual-channel
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics	AMD Radeon 610M
iGPU core count	8	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A12-9830B and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A12-9830B and Athlon Gold 7220U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A12-9830B and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	8	4

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2016	20 September 2022
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt

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