AMD Athlon Gold 7220C vs Intel Core i5-9500TE

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AMD Athlon Gold 7220C CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-9500TE
AMD Athlon Gold 7220C Intel Core i5-9500TE

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the AMD Athlon Gold 7220C and the Intel Core i5-9500TE and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the AMD Athlon Gold 7220C 2 core processor released in Q3/2022 with the Intel Core i5-9500TE which has 6 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2019.
AMD Athlon (29) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD Ryzen 7020U (4) CPU group Intel Core i 9000 (34)
6 Generation 9
Mendocino (Zen 2) Architecture Coffee Lake S Refresh
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Intel Core i5-10500TE

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220C is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.70 GHz). The processor can compute 4 threads at the same time. The Intel Core i5-9500TE clocks with 2.20 GHz (3.60 GHz), has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220C Characteristic Intel Core i5-9500TE
2 Cores 6
4 Threads 6
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 2.20 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.60 GHz
3.00 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 Gold 7220C Characteristic Intel Core i5-9500TE
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

AMD Radeon 610M GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
1.90 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
9 GPU Generation 9.5
6 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 24
128 Shader 192
Yes Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
12 DirectX Version 12

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 610M GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 16 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the AMD Athlon Gold 7220C, while the Intel Core i5-9500TE supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s enabled.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220C Characteristic Intel Core i5-9500TE
LPDDR5-5500 Memory DDR4-2666
16 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
44.0 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 9.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
4 PCIe lanes 16
3.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220C has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP of the Intel Core i5-9500TE is 35 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220C Characteristic Intel Core i5-9500TE
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220C has 3.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 6 nm. The cache of Intel Core i5-9500TE is at 9.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

AMD Athlon Gold 7220C Characteristic Intel Core i5-9500TE
6 nm Technology 14 nm
Monolithic 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
FT6 Socket LGA 1151-2
AMD-V, SVM Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2022 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 260 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 7220C (91%)
Intel Core i5-9500TE (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD Athlon Gold 7220C (56%)
Intel Core i5-9500TE (100%)

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 Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
879 (91%)
Intel Core i5-9500TE Intel Core i5-9500TE
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz
965 (100%)

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 Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2011 (56%)
Intel Core i5-9500TE Intel Core i5-9500TE
6C 6T @ 2.20 GHz
3611 (100%)

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 Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (91%)
Intel Core i5-9500TE Intel Core i5-9500TE
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz
422 (100%)

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 Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9500TE Intel Core i5-9500TE
6C 6T @ 3.60 GHz
1174 (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 Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9500TE Intel Core i5-9500TE
6C 6T @ 2.20 GHz
4389 (100%)

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 Gold 7220C AMD Athlon Gold 7220C
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9500TE Intel Core i5-9500TE
6C 6T @ 2.20 GHz
8117 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD Athlon Gold 7220C Intel Core i5-9500TE
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