Athlon Gold 7220U vs Xeon E7-8860

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Primary details

Comparing Xeon E7-8860 and Athlon Gold 7220U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1631
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
SeriesIntel Xeon E7Mendocino (Zen 2, Ryzen 7020)
Power efficiencyno data18.84
Architecture codenameWestmere-EX (2011)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date5 April 2011 (13 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,061no data

Detailed specifications

Xeon E7-8860 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads204
Base clock speed2.26 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.67 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeQPIno data
Bus rate6.4 GT/sno data
Multiplier17no data
L1 cache640 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2.5 MB512 KB (per core)
L3 cache24 MB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm6 nm
Die size513 mm2100 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °Cno data
Number of transistors2600 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E7-8860 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 configuration8 (Multiprocessor)1
SocketFCLGA1567,LGA1567FP6
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E7-8860 and Athlon Gold 7220U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology1.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Xeon E7-8860 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 E7-8860 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 E7-8860 and Athlon Gold 7220U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR5 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size4 TBno data
Max memory channels4no data
Maximum memory bandwidth34.113 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon 610M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E7-8860 and Athlon Gold 7220U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 April 2011 20 September 2022
Physical cores 10 2
Threads 20 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E7-8860 has 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads.

Athlon Gold 7220U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 433.3% more advanced lithography process, and 766.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E7-8860 and Athlon Gold 7220U. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E7-8860 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon Gold 7220U is a notebook one.


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