Athlon Gold 7220U vs Ryzen 7 6800U

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Aggregate performance score

Ryzen 7 6800U
2022
8 cores / 16 threads, 15 Watt
12.97
+335%
Athlon Gold 7220U
2022
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
2.98

Ryzen 7 6800U outperforms Athlon Gold 7220U by a whopping 335% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 6800U and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking5801639
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency81.8318.80
Architecture codenameRembrandt-U (Zen 3+) (2022)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release dateJanuary 2022 (2 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 6800U 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 cores8 (Octa-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads164
Base clock speed2.7 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.7 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache16 MB (shared)4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography6 nm6 nm
Die size208 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility+no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 6800U 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
SocketFP7FP6
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 6800U and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
Precision Boost 2+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 6800U and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 6800U and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon 680M ( - 2200 MHz)AMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 6800U and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version4.03.0
PCI Express lanes204

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.

Ryzen 7 6800U 12.97
+335%
Athlon Gold 7220U 2.98

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.

Ryzen 7 6800U 20600
+335%
Athlon Gold 7220U 4740

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Ryzen 7 6800U 1715
+69.1%
Athlon Gold 7220U 1014

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Ryzen 7 6800U 7424
+250%
Athlon Gold 7220U 2120

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ryzen 7 6800U 7678
+256%
Athlon Gold 7220U 2159

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.97 2.98
Integrated graphics card 15.98 2.85
Physical cores 8 2
Threads 16 4

Ryzen 7 6800U has a 335.2% higher aggregate performance score, 460.7% faster integrated GPU, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.

The Ryzen 7 6800U is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon Gold 7220U in performance tests.


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