Athlon Gold 7220C vs Ryzen 5 5600G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 5600G and Athlon Gold 7220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	610	not rated
Place by popularity	18	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	28.07	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	AMD Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	18.21	no data
Architecture codename	Cezanne (2021−2024)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	13 April 2021 (3 years ago)	23 May 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$259	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 5600G 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	3.9 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Multiplier	39	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	16 MB	4 MB
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Die size	AM4 (1331) mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	10,700 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data
Unlocked multiplier	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 5600G 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	AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 5600G and Athlon Gold 7220C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 5600G and Athlon Gold 7220C are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 5600G and Athlon Gold 7220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	51.196 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon Vega 7

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 5600G and Athlon Gold 7220C.

PCIe version

3.0

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Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	7.46	2.85
Recency	13 April 2021	23 May 2023
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	7 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt

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