Athlon Gold 7220C vs Processor N97
Primary details
Comparing Processor N97 and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1543 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020) |
| Power efficiency | 27.52 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Alder Lake-N (2023) | Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023) |
| Release date | 3 January 2023 (1 year ago) | 23 May 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Processor N97 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Processor N97 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 | Intel BGA 1264 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Processor N97 and Athlon Gold 7220C. 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 | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Security technologies
Processor N97 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 Processor N97 and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Processor N97 and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4, DDR5 4800 MHz Single-channel | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) ( - 1200 MHz) | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Processor N97 and Athlon Gold 7220C.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 9 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Integrated graphics card | 2.32 | 2.85 |
| Recency | 3 January 2023 | 23 May 2023 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 10 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 15 Watt |
Processor N97 has 100% more physical cores, and 25% lower power consumption.
Athlon Gold 7220C, on the other hand, has 22.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 months, and a 66.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Processor N97 and Athlon Gold 7220C. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Processor N97 and Athlon Gold 7220C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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