Athlon Gold 7220U vs Xeon Bronze 3204

Place in the ranking	1605	1616
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	13.59	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon Bronze	Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiency	3.38	18.81
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake (2019−2020)	Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$213	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon Bronze 3204 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	6	4
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.9 GHz	3.7 GHz
Multiplier	19	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8.25 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Die size	no data	100 mm²
Maximum core temperature	77 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Bronze 3204 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	2 (Multiprocessor)	1
Socket	FCLGA3647	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Bronze 3204 and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	+	-
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Launched	no data
Deep Learning Boost	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon Bronze 3204 and Athlon Gold 7220U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon Bronze 3204 and Athlon Gold 7220U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon Bronze 3204 and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2133	DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	1 TB	no data
Max memory channels	6	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	102.403 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Bronze 3204 and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	48	4

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.

Xeon Bronze 3204 3.16
+1.9%

Athlon Gold 7220U 3.10

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.

Xeon Bronze 3204 4832
+1.9%

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.

Xeon Bronze 3204 693

Athlon Gold 7220U 1111
+60.3%

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.

Xeon Bronze 3204 2914
+26%

Athlon Gold 7220U 2312

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.16	3.10
Recency	2 April 2019	20 September 2022
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	6	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	15 Watt

Xeon Bronze 3204 has a 1.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 200% more physical cores and 50% more threads.

Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 133.3% more advanced lithography process, and 466.7% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon Bronze 3204 and Athlon Gold 7220U.

Be aware that Xeon Bronze 3204 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon Bronze 3204 and Athlon Gold 7220U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.