Apple M2 vs AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Apple M2 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon Gold 7220U Apple M2
• Family
  AMD Athlon Apple M series
• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7020U Apple M2
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  6 2

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Apple M2 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.

• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  2.40 GHz 3.50 GHz

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Apple M2 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 Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 3.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.90 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  2 128
• Shader
  128 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9 2
• Technology
  6 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q1/2022

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Apple M2. 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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Apple M2 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
• ECC
  No No

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon Gold 7220U or Apple M2? 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 up
  -- 20 W
• TDP down
  8 W 10 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 \xc2\xb0C --

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon Gold 7220U and Apple M2 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  6 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  FT6 N/A
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Mendocino (Zen 2) M2
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q1/2022
• Part Number
  100-000000771 --