AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120U

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and AMD Athlon Silver 7120U is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Silver 7120U
• Family
  AMD Athlon AMD Athlon
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7020U AMD Athlon Silver 7000
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  6 5

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs AMD Athlon Silver 7120U by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  2 / 4 2 / 2
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Cores
  2x Zen 2 2x
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  2.40 GHz 2.40 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.70 GHz 3.50 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.00 GHz --

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and AMD Athlon Silver 7120U along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 610M Graphics AMD Radeon 610M Graphics
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.90 GHz 1.90 GHz
• Execution units
  2 2
• Shader
  128 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 9
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  6 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q3/2022

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and AMD Athlon Silver 7120U. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and AMD Athlon Silver 7120U you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-5500 LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  44.0 GB/s 44.0 GB/s
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  3.0 x 4 3.0 x 4
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon Gold 7220U or AMD Athlon Silver 7120U? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  8 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 \xc2\xb0C 95 \xc2\xb0C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and AMD Athlon Silver 7120U CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  6 nm 6 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet
• Socket
  FT6 FT6
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB 1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 2.00 MB
• Architecture
  Mendocino (Zen 2) Mendocino (Zen2)
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 11, Linux
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q3/2022
• Part Number
  100-000000771 100-000000772
• Documents
  Technical data sheet Technical data sheet