AMD Athlon 220GE vs Intel Core i3-4012Y

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon 220GE		Intel Core i3-4012Y
CPU comparison AMD Athlon 220GE or Intel Core i3-4012Y - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Athlon 220GE has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon 220GE was released in Q3/2018. The Intel Core i3-4012Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-4012Y was released in Q3/2013.

AMD Athlon (29)	Family	Intel Core i3 (205)
AMD Athlon 200 (3)	CPU group	Intel Core i 4000Y (11)
5	Generation	4
Raven Ridge (Zen+)	Architecture	Haswell Y
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon 220GE has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon 220GE is 3.40 GHz (3.40 GHz) while the Intel Core i3-4012Y has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-4012Y is at 1.50 GHz.
AMD Athlon 220GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-4012Y
2	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.40 GHz	Frequency	1.50 GHz
3.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	--
3.40 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon 220GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-4012Y
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD Athlon 220GE or Intel Core i3-4012Y has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 4200
1.10 GHz	GPU frequency	0.20 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.85 GHz
8	GPU Generation	7.5
14 nm	Technology	22 nm
3	Max. displays	3
3	Compute units	20
192	Shader	160
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	11.1

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 4200
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon 220GE can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 42.7 GB/s. The Intel Core i3-4012Y supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.
AMD Athlon 220GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-4012Y
DDR4-2666	Memory	LPDDR3-1600, DDR3-1600
	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	3.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	2.0
16	PCIe lanes	12
15.8 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD Athlon 220GE is 35 W, while the Intel Core i3-4012Y has a TDP of 11.5 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD Athlon 220GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-4012Y
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	11.5 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	4.5 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon 220GE is manufactured in 14 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-4012Y is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.
AMD Athlon 220GE	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-4012Y
14 nm	Technology	22 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
AM4 (PGA 1331)	Socket	BGA 1168
AMD-V, SVM	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2018	Release date	Q3/2013
65 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon 220GE (100%)

Intel Core i3-4012Y (42%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon 220GE (100%)

Intel Core i3-4012Y (37%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon 220GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	886 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	344 (39%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon 220GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	2023 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	802 (40%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD Athlon 220GE AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.10 GHz	422 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-4012Y Intel HD Graphics 4200 @ 0.85 GHz	272 (64%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon 220GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	4426 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	1399 (32%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon 220GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	136 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	61 (45%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon 220GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	381 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	152 (40%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Athlon 220GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	485 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Athlon 220GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	988 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon 220GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	321 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon 220GE 2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	804 (100%)
	Intel Core i3-4012Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	0 (0%)

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