AMD Athlon Gold 7220U vs Intel Core i3-10100T

Last updated: 2023-08-24

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon Gold 7220U		Intel Core i3-10100T
CPU comparison AMD Athlon Gold 7220U or Intel Core i3-10100T - 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 Gold 7220U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U was released in Q3/2022. The Intel Core i3-10100T has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-10100T was released in Q2/2020.

AMD Athlon (29)	Family	Intel Core i3 (205)
AMD Ryzen 7020U (4)	CPU group	Intel Core i 10000 (43)
6	Generation	10
Mendocino (Zen 2)	Architecture	Comet Lake S
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	Intel Core i3-9100T
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (3.70 GHz). The Intel Core i3-10100T has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (3.80 GHz).
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-10100T
2	Cores	4
4	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.40 GHz	Frequency	3.00 GHz
3.70 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.80 GHz
3.00 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.50 GHz

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 7220U	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-10100T
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
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 The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-10100T can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-10100T
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	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	6.00 MB
3.0	PCIe version	3.0
4	PCIe lanes	16
3.9 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	15.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Core i3-10100T is 35 W.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-10100T
15 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	35 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
8 W	TDP down	25 W
100 °C	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has a 5.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i3-10100T cache has a total of 6.00 MB.
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U	Characteristic	Intel Core i3-10100T
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 1200
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	Q2/2020
--	Release price	134 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (93%)

Intel Core i3-10100T (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (63%)

Intel Core i3-10100T (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 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	934 (96%)
	Intel Core i3-10100T 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	976 (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 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2154 (59%)
	Intel Core i3-10100T 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	3654 (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 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1180 (89%)
	Intel Core i3-10100T 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	1332 (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 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	2629 (62%)
	Intel Core i3-10100T 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	4247 (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 7220U AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz	383 (91%)
	Intel Core i3-10100T Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.10 GHz	422 (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 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	5012 (68%)
	Intel Core i3-10100T 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	7335 (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 Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100T 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	399 (100%)

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 Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100T 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1947 (100%)

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 Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100T 4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz	171 (100%)

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 Gold 7220U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i3-10100T 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	862 (100%)

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